In a transfer that strengthens Saudi Arabia’s place as a world logistics hub, Medlog has formally opened Medlog 1, an built-in logistics park in Dammam that guarantees to reshape the Kingdom’s provide chain panorama.
Medlog is the inland logistics arm of Geneva’s MSC Group, the world’s largest ocean container provider.
Located at King Abdulaziz Port, the power covers greater than 25 acres and boasts annual dealing with capability exceeding 300,000 twenty foot equal models (TEUs).
Medlog stated that the logistics park serves as an important hyperlink between the port on the japanese coast and Saudi Arabia’s central and western areas, successfully making a wanted inland freight hall within the nation’s multimodal transportation community.
“With the launch of this industry-leading facility, we’re making a big contribution to the Kingdom’s multimodal transportation ecosystem, stated Hisham Al Ansari, president of Medlog Saudi Arabia, in a launch. “By linking King Abdulaziz Port and the east to Saudi Arabia’s central and western areas, this facility strengthens inland freight connectivity.” He added that the opening is a part of Medlog’s broader dedication to Saudi Arabia’s Imaginative and prescient 2030 blueprint to modernize its economic system, “and won’t solely increase worldwide entry and repair effectivity for our prospects but additionally increase financial diversification and generate employment.”
The logistics park is predicted to create greater than 400 direct and oblique job alternatives, as Saudi Arabia builds a sturdy native workforce within the logistics sector.
Medlog 1 affords a complete, all-in-one strategy to container, normal cargo, and bulk storage and dealing with for native and worldwide prospects.
The ability affords an array of built-in logistics providers, together with container dealing with, storage, eco-friendly cleansing, restore, port shuttling, and stock administration. It additionally offers reefer and ISO/flexi tank providers that embrace cleansing, restore, inspection, and food-grade tanker help. The park has adopted superior applied sciences similar to GPS-enabled trucking and is dedicated to using various power sources.
The strategic location close to Jubail Industrial Metropolis and main city facilities offers entry to built-in highway, rail, and port hyperlinks. Worth-added providers similar to cross-docking, packaging, and labeling spherical out the providing.
“Saudi Arabia is a strategic hall with entry to quickly rising markets throughout three main continents,” stated Medlog Chairman Giuseppe Prudente. “By leveraging the world’s largest ocean liner along with our rising footprint, Medlog can ship unmatched options and worth to our prospects. Constructing this contemporary, built-in logistics hub, we proudly contribute to Saudi Arabia’s international aggressive benefit and sustainable financial development.”
