THESSALONIKI, GREECE & GHENT, BELGIUM – October 20, 2025 – Lalemant Group and Hellenic Ports today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a powerful strategic partnership.
The partnership is aimed at creating a new, seamless logistics corridor between UK, North-West and South Europe. This alliance unites two geographically and operationally complementary industry leaders:
Hellenic Ports brings its strategic Southern European gateway, connecting established shipping routes to the Black Sea, North Africa, and the wider Mediterranean region. Its strong international hinterland includes Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia, Romania, and Hungary.
Lalemant Group (founded 1885) complements this with its central North-West Europe location, deep knowledge of cargo flows in the Hamburg-Le Havre range, and a key hub function for flows between the South of Europe, the UK, and Scandinavia.
"This MOU marks the beginning of an exciting and transformative journey," said Andrey Tokarev, Managing Director of Hellenic Ports. "By combining our strategic southern European gateway with Lalemant Group's strong North-West European hub, we are creating a unique, end-to-end solution that will significantly enlarge our market shares and redefine logistics efficiency for our customers."
"We are enthusiastic to partner with Hellenic Ports," said Arthur W Seynaeve, CEO of Lalemant Group. "Our geographical complementarity and shared commitment to good faith cooperation will unlock substantial operational synergies. This partnership is a powerful statement of our intent to deliver enhanced value through combined capabilities and a unified market approach. For the end customer, this means that their cargo will be taken care of diligently throughout the entire transportation process".
The primary objective of the partnership is to attract new cargo volumes to the Port of Thessaloniki and to the Flemish ports, while creating new flows destined for both Parties’ hinterlands. The collaboration will focus on key commodities, including, but not limited to: steel/metal products, cars and parts, fertilizers, renewable energy equipment, recycled materials, building materials, wood products, grain/cereals, and minerals.
We look forward to sharing more updates as we execute this transformative partnership to unlock new efficiencies for European trade! Stay tuned!
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The partnership is aimed at creating a new, seamless logistics corridor between UK, North-West and South Europe. This alliance unites two geographically and operationally complementary industry leaders:
Hellenic Ports brings its strategic Southern European gateway, connecting established shipping routes to the Black Sea, North Africa, and the wider Mediterranean region. Its strong international hinterland includes Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia, Romania, and Hungary.
Lalemant Group (founded 1885) complements this with its central North-West Europe location, deep knowledge of cargo flows in the Hamburg-Le Havre range, and a key hub function for flows between the South of Europe, the UK, and Scandinavia.
"This MOU marks the beginning of an exciting and transformative journey," said Andrey Tokarev, Managing Director of Hellenic Ports. "By combining our strategic southern European gateway with Lalemant Group's strong North-West European hub, we are creating a unique, end-to-end solution that will significantly enlarge our market shares and redefine logistics efficiency for our customers."
"We are enthusiastic to partner with Hellenic Ports," said Arthur W Seynaeve, CEO of Lalemant Group. "Our geographical complementarity and shared commitment to good faith cooperation will unlock substantial operational synergies. This partnership is a powerful statement of our intent to deliver enhanced value through combined capabilities and a unified market approach. For the end customer, this means that their cargo will be taken care of diligently throughout the entire transportation process".
The primary objective of the partnership is to attract new cargo volumes to the Port of Thessaloniki and to the Flemish ports, while creating new flows destined for both Parties’ hinterlands. The collaboration will focus on key commodities, including, but not limited to: steel/metal products, cars and parts, fertilizers, renewable energy equipment, recycled materials, building materials, wood products, grain/cereals, and minerals.
We look forward to sharing more updates as we execute this transformative partnership to unlock new efficiencies for European trade! Stay tuned!
hashtag#Logistics hashtag#SupplyChain hashtag#StrategicPartnership hashtag#EuropeanTrade hashtag#Shipping hashtag#MOU hashtag#SouthEastEurope hashtag#Greece
