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commitment, and a true spirit for uniting UAE society. This new initiative underscores our key values such as leadership, collaboration, respect, innovation and excellence in serving the maritime community according to the highest standards of reliability, transparency and efficiency. It embodies the Dubai Maritime City Authority’ s commitment to tirelessly supporting smart transformation, making customers happy and ensuring the welfare of the society as we pursue our dream of making Dubai one of the smartest, happiest, and most innovative cities in the world.”
“ We are honored to launch the‘ Shorkum’ initiative at the Dubai International Boat Show as it is the ideal venue to highlight our integrated portfolio of maritime licensing services, smart solutions, and proactive initiatives that are aimed at achieving happiness for the people concerned with the maritime sector. We all have faith that we are taking the right path towards positioning
Dubai at the forefront of the world’ s best known maritime capitals by 2020. This can only happen by encouraging maritime innovation, which is the building block for promoting competitiveness, inclusiveness and excellence in the components of the local maritime cluster,” Ali concluded.
Milaha Launches First Ever Direct Container Service Between Saudi Arabia And India
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( Milaha), a maritime and logistics conglomerate based in Qatar, has signed an agreement with the Kandla International Container Terminal( KICT) in India, to start the first direct common carrier feeder service between Saudi Arabia and India.
The frequency of the firstof-its-kind service will be weekly and will connect the Gujarat port of Kandla directly with Jebel Ali in
Dubai, and Dammam and Jubail in Saudi Arabia.
Commenting on the launch of the new service, Milaha’ s President and CEO Mr. Abdulrahman Essa Al- Mannai said:“ After our successful entry into the Indian market in March 2015 with the launch of the first direct service between Qatar and India, we have been exploring various options to further enhance our presence in the country. After careful evaluation of trade patterns and feedback from our very supportive customers and partners, we decided to launch this service especially since a large proportion of agricultural produce cargo to Dammam is exported through the ports in Gujarat. We are proud to be part of this historic moment which will certainly bolster trade ties between the Gulf region as a whole and India, as well as further broaden our feeder network within the Gulf and the Indian Subcontinent.”
The service, named KDX( Kandla Dammam Express), will provide rice exporters
16 February 2017