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As a way to diversify its non-oil economy, Saudi Arabia launched a prospective initiative called Vision 2030 to boost its ability as the most prominent middle eastern logistics hub. Given its strategic geographic position at the crossroads of important international trade routes, among three continents - Asia, Europe and Africa, Saudi Arabia has predominant logistical access to the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa, as well as the Asia-Europe trade route. Thanks to the existing infrastructure and all mechanisms already in place in Saudi Arabia, we firmly believe that the Physical Internet presents the true empowerment to these mechanisms by offering improvements in delivery time, costs and environmental impacts.
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