DP World forges an integrated logistics and business friendly ecosystem
Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) and DP World were key participants at the recently concluded milestone 25th Anniversary Gulfood 2020 megaevent which was held in Dubai from 16 to 20 February.
The five-day event included the Gulfood Innovation Summit under the theme of ‘Rethinking Food’ to discuss topics such as Governments’ role in shaping the future of food, F&B marketing, tourism and retail and future food technologies.
JAFZA currently contributes 16.4 per cent of Dubai’s total traded volume and over 17 per cent of Dubai’s traded value. JAFZA and Jebel Ali Port currently support over 4,500 port customers. In excess of 480 F&B companies from 66 countries operate in JAFZA.
“DP World UAE Region looks forward to supporting the businesses in the F&B Sector. With Expo 2020 just around the corner, rethinking the F&B industry from a fresh perspective, as Gulfood 2020 promises to do, will add value to our collective efforts,” commented Mohammed Al Muallem, CEO and Managing Director, DP World, UAE Region, and CEO, JAFZA.
“At Jebel Ali Free Zone, we benefit from a fast and systematic clearance process which is supporting our working capital and speed to fulfill market demand. We take advantage of the extended logistics solutions DP world is offering as well as the wide ports coverage within DP World network which is supporting our export operation across the world,” said Yasir Jamal, Supply Chain Vice President MENA Unilever.
“Hunter Foods exports to over 30 countries and many of the milestones that have been achieved are thanks to the connectivity of Dubai to the world and the efficiency and infrastructure that DP World, UAE Region offers. We are proud to have been the first food factory in JAFZA, which started operations 35 years ago,” said Ananya Narayan, Managing Director, Hunter Foods.
The world-class business ecosystem hosts partners capable of food, grain meat, and oil processing, customised grain silos and end-to-end solutions for exports, re-exports and imports.
JAFZA’s dedicated F&B cluster, spread over 1.17 mn sqm, offers value-added logistics services including storage, processing, packaging, bagging and other facilities within both bonded and non-bonded zones. A one-stop-shop, ‘Zadi’ on DP World’s online trade facilitation entity Dubai Trade, enables traders to access all food import related services.
The port infrastructure includes container terminals, general cargo yards, temperature-controlled storage, reefer yards and other ancillary services. The Dubai Logistics Corridor facilitates faster trade flows that benefit the world’s fastest-growing economies with its multimodal sea-land-air transshipment facility, with on-site customs clearance.
