Expo 2020’s Official Logistics Partner, delivers three iconic carbon-fibre entry portals
UPS recently announced today the completion of a series of multi-modal deliveries for Expo 2020 Dubai’s iconic entry portals in the run-up to next year’s official opening.
UPS, the Official Logistics Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, choreographed multiple shipments from Germany through Belgium’s Port of Antwerp and into Dubai’s major commercial port in Jebel Ali.
“These extraordinary entry portals will welcome 25 million visits and, likewise the logistics required for these shipments, is nothing short of monumental,” said Nando Cesarone, President, UPS International.
The 21 x 30 meter, carbon-fiber structures were placed at the three main entrances to the site, roughly a year before Expo 2020 opens on Oct. 20, 2020. The entryways will transform the skyline of the Expo 2020 site and symbolize the futuristic spirit of the international exposition.
“Transporting the iconic entry portals to our fast-developing site in Dubai was a major organizational and logistical challenge,” conceded Sanjive Khosla, CCO, Expo 2020 Dubai.
The precision-machined portals were designed and built by HA-CO Carbon GmbH, one of Germany’s cutting-edge small businesses in Bavaria. In line with Expo 2020’s theme of sustainability, 90 percent of the material used to construct the permanent areas of the site — including the portals — will be reused or re-purposed after the event.
“Driving by or flying over the Expo 2020 site, you can’t help but notice one of the world’s most sophisticated, synchronized peacetime logistics operations in full swing,” said Alan Williams, UPS’s Expo 2020 Vice President of Operations.
