Saudi Airlines Cargo Company (Saudia Cargo) transported 400 tons of equipment and supplies for the international event Cirque du soleil by four B747-400 freighter flights recently, from Zagreb, Croatia to the Saudi Capital Riyadh, where the event is taking place from Dec 17-29.
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After more than six months preparation, CEVA Logistics Greater China has sent the first ever TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers) truck from Khorgos, China via Kazakhstan to Europe. The trial run was on 13 November, 2018 and was successfully operated as a joint initiative between CEVA Logistics, the IRU (International Road Transportation Union) and CEVA’s partners Alblas and Jet-rail. The truck arrived in Poland on 24 November, with no disruption or Customs issues after 11 days on the road. The closing TIR at its final destination was after 13 days on 26 November. The new road service will deliver a cost…
Saudi Airlines Cargo Company (SACC ) has extended its services to its customers by offering a cargo capacity of 60 tons a week to Calicut International Airport (CCJ) in the Indian state of Kerala. The daily operation will occur on Saudi Arabian Airlines passenger Airbus A330 flights with four flights from King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) and other three operating from King Khalid International Airport (KKIA), which aims to meet the significant increase of demand for cargo services to the Indian Subcontinent. Commenting on the new destination, Saudia Cargo CEO Omar Hariri stressed that the inauguration of the new route…
DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, has been selected by Strata Manufacturing, the advanced composite aero structures manufacturing company wholly-owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, to provide Fourth Party Logistics (4PL) services spanning its entire supply chain. The five-year agreement aims to minimize Strata Manufacturing’s shipment times along its global supply chains, with DHL Global Forwarding taking responsibility for all warehousing, freight and customs clearance of aero-structures produced at Strata Manufacturing’s facility in the Nibras Al Ain Aerospace Park — the multi-faceted development that supports the establishment of a sustainable aerospace industry…
H.E Mohammed Abdullah Al-Jarman has been the head of Emirates Transport and Services Corporation (Emirates Transport) as the Director General since 2007. He is one of the most prominent Emirati leaders with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and more than 30 years of expertise in the field of institutional financial and investment work and institutional leadership, in addition to being the chairman of the boards of a number of companies affiliated to the Corporation. H.E Al-Jarman also took the lead during the corporation’s quality transition from a service to an investment based institution that is equipped with a coherent business…
The builders of the spectacular United Tower in Bahrain have completed the installation of 16 elevators and two escalators in the country’s sixth tallest building. With its unique twisted shape, the United Tower is conceived as a building with multiple uses – a vertical spiral city where people live, work, and relax. The particular characteristic of the United Tower is a 360-degree unobstructed view of Manama. The United Tower is located in Bahrain Bay on the north-eastern shore of Bahrain’s capital city Manama in a mixed neighborhood of residential, commercial and retail spaces. The tower’s developers intended to create an…
Leading integrated shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC is opening a warehouse and open yard in the Middle East’s largest industrial zone and a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD).
Equitativa, the largest REIT manager in the GCC, has announced that it has acquired three additional fully leased floors in Index Tower for its Emirates REIT portfolio, at a purchase price of AED 106.5 million.
SalamAir of Oman has signed a five-year contract with Swissport for hub handling at Muscat International Airport. As of 1 January 2019, the Swiss Aviation Services company, global market leader of airport ground services and cargo handling, will provide the Omani carrier with a full range of services, from passenger services to ramp operations. At the Omani capital, Swissport will handle the low-cost carrier’s flights to currently three domestic and eleven international destinations in nine countries. The carrier is currently operating four Airbus A320 aircraft from its hub in Muscat, with five additional aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2019. In…
An international joint-venture formed by global trade enabler DP World and industrial engineering specialists SMS group will revolutionize the way that containers are handled in ports. A new and intelligent storing system will be applied for the first time ever at Jebel Ali Terminal 4, in time for the Dubai Expo 2020 world fair.