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By: Logistics Middle East Staff Inter-modality is the future of logistics in the UAE and is a key strategy of the Federal Transport Authority in the coming years, according to HE Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority – Land & Maritime. “For us, maritime is not only looking at improving the standards of our ships, ports and our flag as a port state, but our targets are also to improve the trade and business aspect of the sea,” he said at a press conference in Abu Dhabi. “Recently, along with the Ministry of Infrastructure and related organisations, we began looking into the connectivity of the ports, roads and airports in the UAE. We’re looking into the intermodality of the country’s logistics infrastructure, intermodality will advance this infrastructure, and will improve business and the ease of conducting trade,” he said. The transportation of freight in an inter-modal container using sh

By: Logistics Middle East Staff RAK Ports has launched two new bulk cargo berths at Saqr Port that will expand the ports ability to export bulk cargo from the emirate to markets further afield. In addition, the port authority’s decision to award Hutchinson Ports with a concession to operate the 300,000 TEU container terminal at the port has given the emirate greater ability to accommodate mainline container vessels. “We started the construction of the two 780m bulk berths, dredged to 18m in September 2017, the first was completed in September, 2018 and the second was launched in the first quarter of this year,” says Captain Cliff Brand, CEO, RAK Ports. “We’re looking to expand our markets, by exporting the product further afield than our current markets and we believe that by accommodating Capesize vessels we’ll be able to do that.” [[{"fid":"17914","view_mode":"landscape","fields":{"format":"landscape&

By: Logistics Middle East Staff Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, the official airline partner of the FIA World Rallycross of Abu Dhabi, flew 6 teams, 17 drivers, support crew and 17 vehicles from Europe to Abu Dhabi for the region’s first ever ‘festival of racing’ FIA World Rallycross of Abu Dhabi. Harnessing years of experience and expertise gained shipping beloved cars and high-performance vehicles across the world with FlightValet, Etihad Cargo’s special charter 777F flew the WRX cars, which had travelled from all over Europe, from Liege, Belgium, to Abu Dhabi. The three-day Urban Festival hosted the inaugural FIA World Rallycross of Abu Dhabi 2019 where Kevin Hansen won a drama-filled race for the opening round of the World Rallycross season. Shipping from Dubai | Air Cargo | Sea Shipping | International Relocation AAC Cargo & International Shipping Services Dubai, Unites Arab Emirates Tel: +971 4 888071