WHO WE ARE
TRANSPORTERS (part of DSS Holding) was incorporated in 2009 and has diversified its traditional freight forwarding activities to become a fully integrated logistics provider. At Transporters, we handle sea, air and land freight operations and offer door-to-door services, including customs clearance, distribution, and warehousing.
TRANSPORTERS is very active and dynamic in Lebanon and France. We have long-term experience in providing reliable and cost-efficient solutions in challenging areas.
TRANSPORTERS team has developed a strong relationship with UN agencies in the region such as WFP, ICRC, UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR, etc…. We handle transport of medicine, medical equipment and humanitarian relief cargo whether by air, sea or land. We take charge of all the operations, from discharging bulk vessels in Lebanon to stuffing into warehouses and distribution to all Levant countries.
OUR VALUES
Mission:
- *To serve, support and add value by considering customer satisfaction, high quality services, safety of personnel and a healthy environment as top priorities.
- *To become a preferred supply chain and logistics company. To apply insight service quality to create sustainable growth for business and society.
Vision:
- *To improve the transparency, reliability and efficiency of logistics operations.
- *To establish comprehensive logistics services in the local and international market, through quality and customer service satisfaction.
- *To connect people, businesses and communities to better-through logistics.
Values:
Top management seeks to establish a corporate culture in which certain values such as Transparency, Integrity, Loyalty, Honesty, Sustainability, Performance, Teamwork, Learning, Safety and Respect for the Environment are considered important.
Values are instilled in employees through the examples set by their superiors, through training and periodic reminders communicated to them.
SERVICES
Multimodal Transport
Transporters offers transportation services to neighboring countries via Beirut Port and Airport. Transporting medicine and medical equipment from any part of the globe to Iraq via Beirut port or airport to the final destination is among our specialties. We also serve Iraq via Turkey by truck through shuttle barges from the port of Tripoli to Mersin, then to any Iraqi governorate via Zakho.
Sea Freight
Transporters offers competitive pricing solutions through partnerships with leading carriers. Prices are monitored on daily basis by our customer service department.
Air Freight
We handle your cargo with all its requirements including DDP and DDU to and from any destination in the world.
Land Freight
We offer cross-border land transport to and within the countries of Lebanon, Levant, KSA & GCC. STJ our affiliate in France offers inter-regional delivery transport within south of France.
Warehousing
Transporters warehouse ensures that customers receive a first-class service at every stage of the logistics chain using secure and reliable software to cover all areas of the process.
Our warehousing operations provide the best receiving, putting away, storage, picking and packing services with a high level of quality. Our operational control strives to meet the needs and requirements of our customers.
Locations
Mar-Roukoz, Dekwaneh
LAND NETWORK SERVICES
FROM | TO/FROM | TO |
Beirut | Amman / Aqaba | Beirut |
Beirut | Dubai | Beirut |
Beirut | Jeddah / Riyadh / Dammam | Beirut |
Beirut | Doha | Beirut |
Our Team
BERNARD GERDY
CHAIRMANChairman & CEO of DSS Holding parent company of Transporters SAL
He worked in the banking sector from 1983 till 1989 where he held different management responsibilities in the exchange and treasury departments. In 1989 he joined CMA-CGM as Treasurer then from 1997 till 2015 he became CEO of Merit Corporation, the mother company of CMA-CGM. He also occupied the position of General Manager of the CMA-CGM Group’s operational subsidiaries in Lebanon, Syria and the Middle East. He chaired the board of Lattakia International Container Terminal and sat on the board of Compagnie Du Ponant France, Souria Holding and Fransabank Algeria.
Bernard Gerdy holds a Master degree in Business Administration and a Master 2 in Finance from Kedge Business School – Aix Marseille III, France.
JOHN DAGHER
CEOCEO of Transporters since its establishment in 2009
He has over seventeen years of experience in transportation and logistics. From 1998 to 2002 he was Director of Purchasing and Logistics at Toto Construzioni Generali, one of the largest road and rail infrastructure construction companies in Italy.
He occupied the position of Executive Director at Land Transport International, Lebanon (sister company of CMA-CGM, the world’s third shipping company) from 2002 to 2007 and Director of Operations at UASC in Dubai from 2007 to 2009, the first shipping group in the Middle East. John Dagher holds a Chemistry Degree from the University of Como Italy.
Nelly Saad
Head of Freight Forwarding DepartmentMrs. Nelly has worked in the logistics and transportation sector for over 14 years. During her tenure with multinational shipping companies, she built an in-depth knowledge of Lebanese customs regulations and a good understanding of Lebanon's network of air and sea routes which provides fast and efficient access to the rest of the regions.
She started her career with Fast Bollore where she held the position of forwarding and operations officer.
In January 2013, she joined BCC Logistics and became a sales executive until March 2016.
Ali Baghdadi
Head of Land Freight DepartmentMr. Ali started working at TRANSPORTERS SAL as a dispatcher in 2012.
In 2013, he was promoted to be part of the Land Operations Team.
In 2017, thanks to his dedication and decision-making skills, he was promoted to the position of land supervisor.
In 2020, he acquired a new position as Head of Land Freight Department.
Imad Nehme
Business Account ManagerMr. Imad has 22 years of experience in freight forwarding.
He started his career as a Credit Operations Executive at Standard Chartered Bank from 1996 to 2001. He moved to the logistics industry working at MSC as a Sales Executive from 2001 to 2013.
He worked at CCLOG Middle East as a Sales Executive in 2014 before becoming Business Development Manager at Cargo Master from 2015 to 2019.
Georges Rizk
Sales ManagerMr. Georges started in the sales department of Fast Mondial back in 2007, he was assigned as sea freight manager in 2010, then product manager in free zone warehousing during 2012.
He became sales manager at Antarsped in 2013 for over 3 years.
He managed key accounts at Navigators from 2017 to 2019. He took another challenge in BD at Frontline Logistics from 2019 to 2020. Joined Transporters in June 2022.
ISO Certificates
Our Clients
OUR OWN NETWORK
Head Office
Beirut - Lebanon
Nicolas Turk street, Royal Tower,
3rd Floor, Medawar,
Zip Code: 1104
Beirut - Lebanon
Tel/Fax: +961 1 56 56 57
M. John Dagher
Email: jagher@transporters-sal.com
Tripoli Branch
Sea Street, Daguise Bldg, Ist Floor
P.O.Box: 2634
El Mina - Tripoli - Lebanon
Tel: +961 6 600 705
Fax: +961 6 615 570
Email: tripoli@transporters-sal.com
France
STJ Marseille
21 Av. Guy de Maupassant
13170 Les Pennes-Mirabeau
International Network & Federation
Transporters can cover more than 120 countries through its agents and membership in global freight forwarder networks, particularly JCtrans and Mega Move Alliance (MMA).
Transporters is also member of FIATA network, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, the Global Voice of Freight Logistics.