Day: June 10, 2021

DUBAI, P&O Ferrymasters today announced it has entered into an agreement with Belgium-based Genk Green Logistics to build a 10,000 square metre state-of-the-art warehouse near the Port of Genk in Belgium, further enhancing its pan-European rail, road and warehousing network at a critical time for international trade and economic recovery.

The new facility – strategically located near the port which is in the heart of Flanders’ industrial belt – is equipped with world-leading Warehouse Management Systems and will enable customers to increase efficiency, have better visibility of their goods and expand storage capacity in their end-to-end supply chains.

The warehouse is ideally positioned to accommodate the import and export of goods requiring storage for international deep-sea routes and to the United Kingdom via both the English Channel and North Sea. The site’s outstanding multimodal transport links – including access to the Albert Canal and direct barging to P&O Ferrymasters’ parent company DP World’s terminal at Antwerp – will facilitate existing customers’ export of high-value industrial products to consumers throughout Europe and via onward connections to Russia, China and the United States.

As part of the global DP World and P&O Ferrymasters commitment to sustainability, the warehouse will be constructed on a carbon-neutral site and designed to meet the ‘excellent rating’ of BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method).

Mark Mulder, P&O Ferrymasters’ Contract Logistics Director, said, “This new warehouse capacity at Genk is a vital addition to our port-centric logistics strategy and growing pan-European intermodal network. Specifically tailored to meet the evolving requirements of customers, the facility will provide the greater operational flexibility and capacity required to reinforce resilience in crucial, time-sensitive supply chains.”

“P&O Ferrymasters’ ongoing development in Genk presents an ideal opportunity for prospective customers which need fast and reliable links to their markets.

“International trade is changing fast as we emerge from the pandemic and port-centric logistics will benefit the large number of businesses looking to reconfigure their supply chains.”

P&O, a leading pan-European ferry and logistics group at the heart of Europe’s economy is a part of DP World. P&O Ferries is a major provider of freight transport and passenger travel services, sailing on eight major routes between Britain, France, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Holland and Belgium.

Working closely with P&O Ferries, Its logistics business P&O Ferrymasters operates integrated road and rail links to countries across the continent including Italy, Poland, Germany, Spain and Romania, and facilitates the onward movement of goods to Europe from Asian countries via the Silk Road.

Source: Emirates News Agency

DUBAI, The Dubai Police maritime rescue patrols recently rescued a Spanish family after their yacht broke down due to a technical glitch near a rock breaker in Jumeirah.

The swift response to the family’s distress call contributed to preventing the yacht from drifting and colliding into the rock breaker because of the strong currents and high waves.

According to Colonel Dr. Hassan Suhail Al Suwaidi, Director of Ports Police Station, the Command-and-Control Centre at Dubai Police received a distress call from the Spanish family when their yacht broke down at sea. “The station, which is across nine marine points across in Dubai, immediately responded to the call and handled the situation with extreme finesse and professionalism,”

he confirmed.

Al Suwaidi explained that the rapid response of the Dubai Police rescue teams saved the lives of the Spanish family by preventing their out-of-control; yacht from drifting towards the rock breaker.

Lt. Colonel Ali Abdullah Al Naqbi, Head of the Maritime Rescue Department at the Ports Police Station, said the maritime rescue patrols were immediately dispatched to the yacht which was being rocked by the high wave and strong currents which endangered the lives of the six-member family, including children.

Al Naqbi said their top priority was to secure the yacht from drifting and crashing into the rock breaker.

“Our teams helped the family transfer to a rescue boat and provided them with life jackets before they were transferred to safety ashore. We then towed the broken-down yacht back to the port,”

he added.

Meanwhile, the Spanish family expressed thanks to the Dubai Police for the speedy action and rescue. The rescue teams reached their location in less than five minutes, they added.

Dubai Police urged owners of boats, ships and yachts to take advantage of the “Sail Safely” service through the smart app of the Dubai Police. The “Sail Safely” service via Dubai Police App tracks sea journeys, alerts users to delays during a sea trip, identifies hazards, sends distress messages directly to the Dubai Police and helps with rapid emergency responses.

Source: Emirates News Agency

DUBAI, Emirates has announced it will resume three weekly services to Malta via Larnaca, Cyprus, from 14th July 2021, further expanding its European network to 34 destinations, and offering customers worldwide more travel choices and enhanced connectivity via Dubai.

Malta has officially welcomed UAE tourists back to the Maltese Islands on 1st June.

Flights to/from Malta will operate three times weekly through the airline’s existing Larnaca service on its two-class Boeing 777-200LR.

Emirates will expand its services to provide more choice and convenience for customers who can now plan travel to more than 30 cities in 20 countries across the Emirates network that have opened their doors for tourism and business, quarantine free. Emirates will now operate over 280 weekly flights in July from Dubai to cities in Europe, the US, Middle East, Africa, and other popular island getaways, for travellers who want to start their long-awaited adventures and experiences this summer without the hassle, cost or stress of quarantine.

Effective 2nd June, 2021, Emirates customers travelling to Malta, who are 5 years old or above, are required to hold a negative COVID-19 test certificate for a test taken within 72 hours of arrival in Malta. Passengers must also present a completed Passenger Locator Form (PLF) and a negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate at check-in to be accepted for travel to Malta. Fully vaccinated Maltese nationals or Malta residency permit holders may present a Maltese vaccination certificate instead of a negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate when returning to Malta.

Source: Emirates News Agency