Logistics

Government green-lighted DSV's Neom project in late 2022

The freight forwarder has had political approval for the project since the end of 2022 – but a political ”approval” is not necessary, DSV writes, as the company has been in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.
”As a large Danish company that has the vast majority of our business outside Denmark and operates in more than 80 countries, we naturally have an ongoing dialog with relevant ministries and embassies,” says a spokeperson from DSV to ShippingWatch. | Photo: Dsv
”As a large Danish company that has the vast majority of our business outside Denmark and operates in more than 80 countries, we naturally have an ongoing dialog with relevant ministries and embassies,” says a spokeperson from DSV to ShippingWatch. | Photo: Dsv
by SEBASTIAN SCHLÜTER JACOBSEN

Seven months before DSV announced that the group has teamed up with Saudi Neom on a large and controversial urban project, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark had already given the project the green light.

Already a subscriber?Log in here

Read the whole article

Get access for 7 days for free. No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.

With your free trial you get:

  • Access all locked articles
  • Receive our daily newsletters
  • Access our app
    • Must be at least 8 characters, including three of: Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols
    Must contain at least 2 characters
    Must contain at least 2 characters

    Get full access for you and your coworkers

    Start a free company trial today

    Share article

    Related articles

    Sign up for our newsletter

    Stay ahead of development by receiving our newsletter on the latest sector knowledge.

    Newsletter terms

    Front page now

    Further reading

    Jobs