Udrive, the dedicated pay-per-minute car rental platform, has launched an exclusive fleet to enable smoother mobility to and from Hatta for residents and tourists to explore recreational, cultural and natural attractions in the Highlands of Dubai. The offering has been launched in partnership with Dubai’s RTA and Dubai Holding to bring unique exclusive offers to the community. The Hatta offering is aligned with the UAE’s visionary tourism campaign ‘World’s Coolest Winter’, which aims to support domestic tourism within the UAE while attracting global tourism by highlighting the country’s most famous recreational, cultural and natural landmarks. Last year, the campaign…
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Starlinks, a leading logistics and supply chain solutions provider in Saudi Arabia, today announced the launch of the most technologically advanced fulfilment centre in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Located in Agility Logistics Park, adding to Starlinks’ 18 fulfilment centres across the KSA, the facility comprises a storage area of 400,000 square feet. It has 254 autonomous robots for picking and sorting, providing storage capacity for over 12 million units. Starlinks aims to process an average of 3.6 million units of orders per month. The solution will provide market-leading flexibility, accuracy and agility by combining world-class technology and industry-leading know-how.…
Logistics News ME hosted its KSA Logistics & Transport Awards 2023 in Riyadh last week, February 9, 2023. The event was hosted from 1-4pm alongside a gala lunch, where we celebrated the industry leaders in the logistics and supply chain industry. Here is everything you wanted to know about the awards… WAREHOUSE TECH OF THE YEAR – Swisslog LOGISTICS REAL ESTATE COMPANY OF THE YEAR – LogiPoint E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR – Logsquare for their Noon Facility in Riyadh LAST-MILE DELIVERY COMPANY OF THE YEAR – J&T Express Middle East WAREHOUSE OF THE YEAR – United Warehouse Company …
Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi’s flagship deep-water port, has set a new Guinness World Records™ title for assembling the Largest shipping container logo/image. The Khalifa Port team assembled 676 containers in the shape of AD Ports Group’s logo at its South Quay to earn the new Guinness World Records™ title. The total length of the container logo formed was 1,000.4 metres, while the width reached 174 metres. This record nearly doubles the previous standard set by Singapore’s Tanjong Pagar Terminal in 2017 with 359 containers. Commenting on this record-setting success, Saif Al Mazrouei, Chief Executive Officer of Ports Cluster at AD Ports Group, said, “We are…
Manufacturers and end users worldwide benefit from the increased availability of PU-based adhesives following the introduction of the new PearlBond adhesive range produced by the leading Dubai-based system house, Pearl Polyurethane Systems. Previously, manufacturers in many parts of the world had access to a limited choice of suppliers, constraining production levels and restricting R&D opportunities. Pearl has increased choice and supply chain resilience by increasing production levels available globally with the added benefit of ongoing technical support provided globally by its fly-in, fly-out R&D team. Two major manufacturers are already utilising the new PearlBond adhesive product in their manufacturing processes…
DP World Limited handled 79.0 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the full year 2022, with gross container volumes increasing by 1.4% year-on-year on a reported basis and up 2.8% on a like-for-like basis. On a 4Q2022 basis, DP World handled 19.5 million TEU, up 2.4% on a like-for-like basis. 2022 gross volume growth was broad-based, with Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Australia, and Americas regions all delivering like-for-like growth. At an asset level, Jebel Ali (UAE), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Angola (Angola), Sokhna (Egypt), London Gateway (UK), Constanta (Romania), Caucedo (Dominican Republic),…
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ), located in the centre of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, is a thriving economic and industrial hub that provides free zone and non-free zone firms in a global community thriving in more than 50 industries with individualised solutions. RAKEZ is an authority established by the Ras Al Khaimah government to assist start-ups, company owners, SMEs, and entrepreneurs with their business setup needs by offering them a variety of licences, adaptable facilities, and top-notch support services including visa facilitation. Here, Ramy Jallad, Group Chief Executive Officer of RAKEZ shares everything you want…
Global freight forwarding is a $300B industry that facilitates cargo movement from one place to another through a manual process. Solving the complex challenges facing freight forwarders and helping them to do more business faster, freight rate management platform Freightify is today announcing a $12M Series A funding round to save 70% of the time spent on manual tasks while halving the operational costs to do business for them. The round was led by Sequoia Capital India & Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia, with participation from Trail Mix Ventures and Alteria Capital. The band also includes returning investors Nordic Eye Venture…
A new Emirati start-up, Mersal Air, aims to revolutionise the e-commerce industry by streamlining middle-mile package transportation across the GCC. The business, which aims to go public in Q3 2023, would help e-commerce businesses transport goods in the area by offering them cutting-edge, cost-effective, and dependable logistics tech-enabled solutions. Ghassan Oueida, Chairman of Mersal Air, said, “We are launching Mersal Air to re-invent the delivery of packages for companies across the GCC. We plan on providing affordable, fast, reliable and efficient middle mile services to help e-commerce brands scale quickly.” Mersal Air, which is presently in the…