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Geared for growth

Editor Leslie McCune gains an insight into Jebel Ali, the Middle East’s leading tank container port, from Mohammed Ali Ahmad, DP World’s Chief Operating Officer for the UAE Region.
In the world of ports, location and scale matters. But those features alone will not create a world-leading port. To attract shipping lines – a port’s primary objective – they also need to demonstrate operational
efficiency, connectivity and the support of, and synergy with, their so-called hinterland ‘eco-system’. Inevitably, the large global hubs for tank container traffic are centred on those ports having these capabilities, and which are located close to world-scale petrochemical production facilities. No surprises therefore that the global tank container hubs are based around the major ports and Houston, Rotterdam, Singapore and Jebel Ali in the UAE (United Arab Emirates)........
January 22, 2015


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