Tuesday, 12 September 2023

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AD Ports subsidiary launches UAE-Pakistan-Gulf shipping route + Qatar Airways Cargo launches new US-Qatar biweekly freighter flights. PLUS: More from Dubai South, QFZ, and SCZone

SHIPPING + MARITIME-

AD Ports subsidiary Safeen Group has launched a new UAE-Pakistan-Gulf Service (UPG ), according to a company statement. The service will operate with two vessels, each with a capacity of 2.5k TEUs, according to the statement. The service will make weekly port calls at Karachi, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa port, Dammam, and Bahrain.

ICYMI- The subsidiary recently received a new Shoalbuster 3209 vessel from Netherlands-based shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group, and entered into a partnership with Dubai-based trader Invictus Investment to launch an international dry bulking shipping service.

ZONES-

Dubai South integrates blockchain system with Dubai Customs: Dubai's largest urban development center for aviation and logistics freezone Dubai South has completed its blockchain integration system with Dubai Customs, according to a press release. The collaboration is aimed at enhancing e-commerce operations by automating customs declarations and streamlining order processing. The system “promotes supply chain transparency, authentication, and anti-counterfeiting of goods; ensures data security and privacy; and paves the way for reduced fees for goods transiting through the freezones,” CEO of the Logistics District at Dubai South Mohsen Ahmad said.

Egypt’s SCZone + Peru mull cooperation: Suez Canal Economic Zone boss Walid Gamal El Din discussed potential cooperation with Peruvian Ambassador to Cairo Jose Betancourt Jesus, with a focus on port activities — including cooperation with the Chancay port project connecting South America to Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative — and integration of ports with industrial areas for efficient transportation, according to a statement.

AVIATION-

Qatar Airways Cargo has partnered with DSV Global Transportation and Logistics to launch a new biweekly freighter flight route from Huntsville, US to Doha in a bid to enhance North America’s connectivity to Europe and the Middle East, according to a press release. The route, dubbed Gateway Star, will see two weekly Boeing 777 freighters operate from Felipe Ángeles International Airport in Mexico to Huntsville, arriving in Doha via Luxembourg on Thursdays and Sundays, and will have 200 tonnes of capacity, the release states. DSV will be able to extend its market presence and create avenues of access to the Middle East to boost its oil and gas vertical, DSV Executive VP Mads Ravn said.

ALSO WORTH KNOWING-

  • A Qatar Freezone s Authority delegation took part in the 23rd edition of China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Xiamen, China to highlight the incentives offered at the freezones and drum up support from Chinese officials and companies. (Statement)