The 225,000-Square-Meter Facility Is Largest of Its Kind in Middle East
Maersk and the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) have launched a new logistics park at Jeddah Islamic Port in Saudi Arabia.
The 225,000 square meter park is the largest single-site logistics and services facility in the Middle East, Maersk said.
The US$250 million facility features multimodal ocean, land and air connectivity, warehousing solutions, custom-bonded set-up, distribution solutions that include first and last-mile deliveries and customs clearance solutions.
The park will draw up to 70% of its power from 32,000 solar panels installed over 64,000 square meters of rooftop and deploy electric equipment and trucks and LED lighting optimized with light sensors.
“The Saudi ports sector is witnessing major and unprecedented leaps in terms of high operational performance efficiency, achieving records in international indicators, growing maritime navigation lines and increasing maritime connectivity with the countries of the world,” said Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics Services and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Mawani.
“The Maersk Logistics Park at Jeddah Islamic Port will contribute to service and development in supporting economic activity in the Kingdom and providing highly efficient logistics services to support the movement of trade and export to foreign markets and enhance the work of supply chains and logistics.”
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