Deyaar Development announced the launch of Regalia, a Dhs1 bn luxury skyscraper in Business Bay offering a smart and high-end urban lifestyle. Regalia will be the tallest tower Deyaar has ever built. The 70-storey premium residential building will feature smart home-enabled apartments. It offers a wide range of recreational and wellness amenities, including an Olympic-size infinity pool with private cabanas and Jacuzzis, a state-of- the-art family gymnasium, a yoga pavilion, and an outdoor winter cinema. The project also features social amenities, such as a BBQ and private dining areas, residents’ lounge, and business centre, as well as indoor and outdoor…
Author: Jochebed Menon
Jochebed Menon
Jochebed Menon is the Editor of Logistics News Middle East. She covers issues related to the logistics and supply chain industries in the region. She’s been a journalist since 2012 and has primarily worked on B2B titles in travel, hospitality, aviation, and construction.
Agility has renewed its partnership agreement with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to help fund programmes supporting vulnerable refugees in Jordan and Malaysia. The partnership renewal will support UNHCR’s outreach centre activities in Johor, Malaysia, where refugees receive shelter, healthcare, education, skills training, and other critical services. The centre, which has been supported by Agility since 2020, will assist an estimated 12,000+ refugees, most of whom are Rohingya. Over 50 Malaysian community organisations operate out of the center, which Agility helps fund. The centres provide health, education, and other services, in addition to registering and documenting refugees and teaching community…
Al Masaood Group has announced the appointment of Hani Tannir as the new Head of Commercial for Power, Construction and Marine divisions. His new assignment falls within the Group’s framework to sustain its business transformation and advance its strategy to grow its B2B businesses amidst rapid market changes and developments. In his current role, Tannir is tasked to spearhead key business development activities and generate new revenue streams, mainly for the Group’s power, construction, marine, and logistics operations. Tannir first joined Al Masaood in 1994. He fulfilled different managerial and commercial roles in the company from 1994 to 2013. He…
CNNB Solutions has been picked as exclusive eCommerce distributor for the GCC region by light-based hair removal designer and manufacturer, CyDen, to support its at-home hair removal brand, SmoothSkin. CyDen has identified the GCC market as a key region for the international expansion of its SmoothSkin range. SmoothSkin is the world’s biggest IPL (intense pulsed light) hair removal brand (by sales) and is sold in more than 50 countries around the world. Commenting on the partnership, co-founder and CVO for CNNB Solutions, Nicolas Bruylants said, “SmoothSkin is the world’s industry leader in IPL hair removal, and we are excited to…
Re-commence and reverse logistics firm Cartlow has recently launched its first B2B wholesale marketplace channel b2b.cartlow.com. The new platform aims to offer retailers and resellers an easy and reliable way to source used and discounted inventory which includes overstock, returned, refurbished, and liquidation inventory. The aim of the new B2B platform launch is to grant traders and resellers access to hundreds of products at below wholesale market prices for used, refurbished, and liquidation products, such as mobile phones, laptops, desktops, tablets, appliances, and fragrances. Over the past few years, many of Cartlow’s partners expressed the need for a new and…
More than 4 million workhours without a lost-time incident (LTI) have been recorded by Khansaheb on the University of Birmingham Dubai’s campus in Dubai International Academic City, which is nearing completion. The achievement reflects successful implementation of the highest health, safety, and environment (HSE) procedures and puts the construction project on track for completion in Q3 2021, with 100% of structural works already finished. Rigorous measures have been adopted to ensure the safety of the more-than 6,000 workers deployed to deliver the campus in Dubai’s largest academic ecosystem, home to more than 27,000 students from over 100 countries. Khansaheb, the…
CSP Abu Dhabi container terminal, the first greenfield project of COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (CSP) operating within Abu Dhabi Ports’ deep-water port Khalifa Port, has revealed its terminal will be the first in the Middle East to implement an autonomous port truck system. Following a two-month trial period, a total of six electric Q-Trucks will be commissioned by CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal and tasked with supporting mother vessel loading and unloading activities within the facility’s container yard. Produced by Qomolo, a sub-brand of ShangHai Westwell-Lab Technology Company, the L5 autonomous freight trucks are equipped with an advanced 360-degree sensory system…
Autonomous technology firm Marakeb Technologies will roll out its state-of-the-art UV-C CoDi Cart disinfection system at the luxury Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort, the first hotel in the UAE to deploy the next-generation technology. The planned UV-C CoDi Cart implementation is part of Fairmont Fujairah’s continuous efforts to keep its environment safe and clean for its guests and staff according to the highest international health and safety standards. It works by effectively and quickly sanitising the air and surrounding surfaces within the seven-meter radius range using its six powerful ultraviolet (UV) lights. It aims to provide people an extra layer of…
With the Expo 2020 Dubai gearing up to open its doors this October, country pavilions are showcasing their unique propositions. The design for the India Pavilion seeks to exhibit the substantial growth the country has witnessed through the years after Independence, becoming a land of limitless opportunities even for international investors. For the prestigious project, the architects have amalgamated the ethos of the country’s mobility with technology that infuses a sensory stimulus into the pavilion. India is one of the fastest growing nations in the world. Imbibing the theme of ‘India on the move’, the architects designed a moving façade…
Global supply chain and logistics provider DB Schenker announced the start of construction of its third expansion phase with another mega logistics centre at Dubai South’s Logistics District, bringing the total contract logistics footprint in Dubai to 84,000sqm by June 2022. The new state-of-the-art, green logistics centre will have a 37,000sqm warehouse space that includes a 5,000sqm mezzanine area dedicated for value-added services and spare-parts operations, in addition to temperature-controlled areas and ambient-temperature zones. It will also utilise 100% renewable energy and act as a distribution hub for the GCC. Ako Djaf, VP Contract Logistics/ SCM Middle East and Africa,…