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TRUCKING-
Jordan issues tender for truck management operations: Jordan’s Industry and Trade Ministry has issued a tender for the management of trucks to transport grains and goods from the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority to warehouses, silos, and mills across Jordan, according to a statement. The deadline for bids is 12 January.
What we know: The agreement will commence in March 2025 for a two to three-year period in a bid to ensure the stability and streamlining of truck flow, Al Mamlaka reports, citing the tender document it has seen. The new system aims to ensure smooth and efficient truck operations, with continuous monitoring of loading and unloading processes for each truck. The ministry will provide monitoring screens for all related organizational operations and electronically link these operations with the ministry to enable real-time extraction of information and reports.
FREIGHT FORWARDING-
DP World expands footprints in Brazil: UAE’s port operator DP World is launching six new freight forwarding offices in Brazil — slated to open by 2026, according to a statement. Four offices will open in 2025 – located in Campinas, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, and Porto Alegre — and an additional two offices in the North and Northeast regions will open in 2026.
More details: The freight forwarding operations are expected to handle nearly 75k TEUs annually within the next five years. The expansion aims to boost the firm’s capability of offering end-to-end supply chain solutions by providing several services, including sea freight for both FCL (full container load) and LCL (less container load), air freight, domestic container road transportation, international ins., and customs clearance.
CUSTOMS-
Egypt is reducing its customs clearance again: Egypt will finalize two agreements with Bahrain and UAE to cut customs clearance times for imports and exports to a few hours, according to a statement. The agreements will be finalized in 1Q 2025 and will enhance trade volumes between Egypt, Bahrain, and the UAE, Egypt’s Deputy Minister of Finance for Tax Policies Sherif El-Kilany told Alarabiya. Similar agreements with other countries are in progress and will be finalized in the few upcoming months.
ICYMI- Customs clearance between Saudi and Egypt just got a major speed boost after both sides agreed to reduce clearance time from three days to 3-4 hours earlier this month.
SHIPPING + MARITIME-
Anti-Pollution Egypt’s marine units land in SCZone: The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) and Greek waste management company Antipollution’s JV Antipollution Egypt has received some of the marine units at the Suez Canal, according to a statement. The units come before the commencement of waste collection services in 1Q 2025. The waste collection vessel — dubbed ECO Suez 1 — includes low-emission engines designed to boost fuel consumption efficiency and self-propelled marine barges and rigging inflatable boats.
REMEMBER- SCZone, Antipollution Egypt, and the Egyptian Company for Supplies signed a contract to provide waste management services at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal back in July.
About Antipollution Egypt: SCZone and Greek waste management company Antipollution — a subsidiary of marine services company V Group — agreed to form the joint stock company last March to establish a waste treatment plant in Egypt’s SCZone. The waste treatment facility will process fluid and soluble waste collected from vessels transiting through the Suez Canal to be repurposed as part of Egypt’s efforts to boost its blue economy.
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) added Milaha’s MRX service to Jeddah Islamic Port, it said in a statement. The new shipping service, which has a 2.5k standard container capacity, will link the Jeddah port to the ports of Mundra in India, Jebel Ali in the UAE, Ain Sokhna in Egypt, and Aqaba in Jordan.
AVIATION-
UAE’s Sanad gears up to offer MRO services for more engines: Sanad, Mubadala’s aerospace engineering and leasing subsidiary, is now ready to offer maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for Airbus’ CFM LEAP-1A engines, after launching its fifth MRO production line, Wam reports. This follows the inauguration of the region’s first certified LEAP engine MRO facility last year, which has since serviced over 25 LEAP-1B engines for customers like flydubai and Oman Air.
It will also begin to offer disassembly services for both engines in early 2025, with plans to overhaul more than 450 LEAP engines over the next 11 years.
OTHER STORIES WORTH KNOWING THIS MORNING-
- We have a date for Mosul airport’s reopening: Iraq’s Mosul International Airport is slated to reopen on 10 June 2025. Iraq broke ground on the reconstruction of the airport back in 2022 — previously slated for completion by 2024 — after the airport was damaged back in 2017. (Statement)
- Iranian flights to Syria remain suspended: Iran’s flights to Syria will remain suspended until 22 January 2025 due to Syria’s requirement for entry and admission permits for flights. (Ecoiran)
