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DHL United Arab Emirates scores high in logistics security audit
DHL United Arab Emirates (UAE) today announced that it has received the prestigious TAPA A security certification. TAPA, the Transported Asset Protection Association, is a professional association of high-tech companies promoting higher security standards in the international shipping and air cargo industry. In an ever-changing global market environment, security is a vital concern and a definite competitive advantage within the express and logistics industry.
The certification was awarded to the Dubai Country Office, Hub and Gateway with a score of 98.86 pct – the highest recorded among the DHL network in the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region. In addition, DHL’s Al Quoz Service Centre, Saharjah Service Centre and the Dubai Airport Free Zone Express Logistics Centre and Service Centre both received the TAPA B certification reaching a score of 99%. The TAPA certifications were awarded to The global security policies followed by Deutsche Post World Net, the parent company of DHL, such as security training for staff and up-to-date security measures at its facilities, have helped with the certification process for DHL UAE. The TAPA A and B certifications which have been awarded in turn offer high added-value to the transport and logistics processes and services of DHL UAE.
There are now six DHL TAPA-certified facilities in the UAE, including the Abu Dhabi Country Office and Service Centre (TAPA B) and the Jebel Ali Free Zone Service Centre (TAPA A).
Emirates Post, India Post in tie-up to offer money transfer
UAE’s Emirates Post and India Post have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable UAE residents to transfer money to India through India Post’s vast postal network.
The MoU was signed recently in New Delhi by Salem Al Shaya, Assistant Director General, Operations, Emirates Post and Faiz-Ur-Rehman, Director General of India Post, during a recent visit of an Emirates Post delegation.
The move is aimed at helping UAE residents send money to their relatives by using the secure UPU-approved IFS system that will ensure delivery of money to every corner of India at reasonable rates. India has a network of 155,333 post offices, the largest in the world, covering the remotest corners of the country.
An India Post delegation will be visiting UAE next month to view Emirates Post’s facilities and arrangements, including IT systems, before implementing the system, said a press release.
Both sides expressed satisfaction at the level of cooperation between India and the UAE, and identified new areas, including parcels, Mumtaz and the Mail Transit hub in Dubai, to take the cooperation to the next level. The Emirates Post delegation included Saif Al Shehhi, Operation Director, and Nasser Qadoumi, consultant, postal services.
“The UAE and India has always had friendly relations in all fields, including postal areas,” said Salem Al Shaya. “As we have a large number of Indian customers, our efforts are focused on introducing better and more attractive products for them. This MoU is a significant development that will benefit hundreds of thousands of people in the India.”
Read MoreEmirates Post and India Post in tie-up to offer money transfer through Indian postal network
The MoU was signed recently in New Delhi by Mr. Salem Al Shaya, Assistant Director General, Operations, Emirates Post and Mr. Faiz-Ur-Rehman, Director General of India Post, during a recent visit of an Emirates Post delegation.
The move is aimed at helping UAE residents send money to their relatives by using the secure UPU-approved IFS system that will ensure delivery of money to every corner of India at reasonable rates. India has a network of 155,333 post offices, the largest in the world, covering the remotest corners of the country.
Both sides expressed satisfaction at the level of cooperation between India and the UAE, and identified new areas, including parcels, Mumtaz and the Mail Transit hub in Dubai, to take the cooperation to the next level. The Emirates Post delegation included Saif Al Shehhi, Operation Director, and Nasser Qadoumi, consultant, postal services.
The two sides appointed teams to thrash out different issues before converting the agreement into an agreement. An India Post delegation will be visiting UAE next month to view Emirates Post’s facilities and arrangements, including IT systems, before implementing the system.
‘The UAE and India has always had friendly relations in all fields, including postal areas,’ said Mr. Salem Al Shaya. ‘As we have a large number of Indian customers, our efforts are focused on introducing better and more attractive products for them. This MoU is a significant development that will benefit hundreds of thousands of people in the India.’
Read MoreUAE Express delivery firms to continue rapid growth
Express delivery and logistics companies in the Middle East would continue to enjoy a double-digit annual growth in their business in the coming few years as regional economies remain healthy, a senior industry official said.
“In the last five years the business has grown at a rate not seen in the past,” said Hamdi Osman, senior regional vice-president of express delivery firm FedEx.
He said among the key drivers of the business have been the re-export trade and sea-air cargo in the UAE.
“All of us are enjoying a double-digit growth,” Osman told Gulf News.
He said that an economic slowdown in the United States could have an impact on the industry’s pace of growth in the UAE.
FedEx’s express delivery business in the region grew by 20 per cent and air cargo soared by eight per cent last year, Osman said.
“The ground transport segment is the next frontier of growth,” he said.
Within the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) bloc, movement of cargo has been slowed by a lack of effective customs coordination.
Osman said it is “not a perfect scenario” on the UAE-Saudi Arabia border.
The company has a fleet of 800 vehicles in the GCC, including about 100 in the UAE.
FedEx plans to set up a large facility in Dubai Logistics City (DLC), a key part of Dubai World Central project that will create the Middle East’s biggest logistics and transportation hub in Jebel Ali.
Osman said the company is waiting for more details of how the goods are going to be moved between the existing Dubai airport and the proposed Jebel Ali airport.
A 500,000 square foot site has been proposed for FedEx in the area.
DLC has attracted some of the industry’s biggest players, including express operator Aramex, forwarding and logistics firm Danzas, logistics service providers Kuehne+Nagel and Panalpina.
By 2008 the zone expects to lease more than six million square meters of land.
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