A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) and the General Ports Authority of Saudi Arabia ‘Mawani’ announced the opening of the largest Logistics Park for Maersk in the Middle East at Jeddah Islamic Port.
The inauguration ceremony was held in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Transport and Logistics Services, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Ports Authority, Engineer Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, His Excellency the Chairman of the Authority, Omar bin Talal Hariri, Vincent Clerc, CEO A.P. Moller – Maersk, Richard Morgan, Managing Director, Maersk Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and Africa, Mohammad Shihab, Managing Director, Maersk Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Kudous, Head of Supply Chain Personal Care Middle East and Turkey, and Head of Customer Operations GCC, Unilever, Unilever and other senior officials.
The Maersk Logistics Park extends over an area of 225,000 square metres and provides for truly integrated logistics solutions under one roof.
Maersk has implemented several initiatives as part of its decarbonisation ambitions to reach Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. The facility will draw up to 70% of its electricity from 32,000 solar panels installed over 64,000 sq. m. on the rooftop. The Maersk Logistics Park will use electric equipment and electric trucks within the facility, have low electricity-consumption LED lighting optimised with light sensors, etc.
Maersk Logistics Park has been built at the Jeddah Islamic Port, which has an advanced infrastructure with berths capable of accommodating new generations of giant ships and modern, automated, environmentally friendly equipment that contributes to raising the efficiency of its operations and competitiveness and increasing its capacity.
