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February 1st, 2008 — Issue 4 February 2008, Trade
The World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index found the UAE, Turkey and Bahrain to be the most logistics friendly in the Middle East. Syria, Algeria and Afghanistan came out on the bottom.
The World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) is based on a survey of operators on the ground worldwide (global freight forwarders and express carriers), providing feedback on the logistics “friendliness” of the countries in which they operate and those with which they trade.
January 1st, 2008 — Issue 3 Dec/Jan 2008, Trade
Logistics companies, enticed by opportunities in Iraq, must play a calculating game before deciding how best to serve their customers
and staff.
With lucrative infrastructure, military and service contracts constantly up for grabs in Iraq, the commercial benefits of doing business in the country are all too apparent – but so too are the risks. The unease with the ongoing political situation was best illustrated recently when Qatar left Iraq out of the GCC Summit, much to Iraq’s consternation, particularly as Iran and Turkey made it through the doors.
January 1st, 2008 — Issue 3 Dec/Jan 2008, Trade
Economic integration between the six Gulf Arab states is moving into its second phase with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announcing the launch of a Gulf Common Market in January 2008.
The GCC has been talking about a common market for years. In January 2003, it started the GCC customs union, establishing a 5 per cent tariff on all foreign goods. It also set the goals of establishing a Gulf Common Market (GCM) by 2007 and a common currency by 2010.
November 1st, 2007 — Issue 2 November 2007, Trade
Gulf airline cargo managers are all smiles as their fleets grow, airports expand and economies soar. But increased competition and capacity mean there’s no room for complacency.
Working in the Middle Eastern air cargo industry is like opening a menu and finding that the dishes keep changing. The governments of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar have been busy laying out their tables, accommodating growing transit and destination business at the world’s crossroads. But now they’re hungry for more, spending billions on fleet and airport expansion in the next five years.
October 1st, 2007 — Issue 1 October 2007, Trade
Dubai Logistics City is about to become a major force in global logistics, capitalising on the city’s insatiable growth, east-meets-west location and proximity to two billion consumers
Michael Proffitt, CEO, Dubai Logistics City
The seismic ripples of the GCC’s meteoric economic growth continue to be felt far and wide and its rapidly expanding logistics sector has been at the epicentre of all the activity. Now the ripples are set to become even larger, as Dubai Logistics City (DLC) prepares to start operations, serving as a powerful magnet for global and regional trade.
October 1st, 2007 — Issue 1 October 2007, Trade
With its east-meets-west location and can-do commercial climate, it is no wonder major suppliers and forwarders are choosing Dubai as their premier logistics hub
Dubai has always had one eye on tomorrow, and that message is clear in the transport industry. Most cities would be delighted if their airport was growing at 15% a year, but not the enterprising Gulf state. Even with a Cargo MegaTerminal and spate of new terminals and concourses coming up at the existing airport, Dubai is busy preparing for the next aviation era by building a brand new airport in Jebel Ali.
Jebel Ali is a thriving pocket of Dubai. Formerly a commercial appendage to the city, it is now the unequivocal freighting focus.
