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DHL Express ramps up on green logistics: DHL Express UAE inked an agreement with Dubai-based media equipment distributor Advanced Media that will see the latter utilize DHL’s GoGreen Plus program to reduce its carbon emissions, according to a statement. DHL’s climate-friendly flagship program GoGreen Plus utilizes sustainable aviation fuel for its freighting and shipments.

DHL’s GoGreen program is becoming popular in the UAE: Sanad — the aerospace subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala — inked an agreement last month with the logistics giant DHL Express to integrate the latter’s SAF-powered GoGreen Plus services into Sanad operation.

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GMS secures extensions for vessel contracts: UAE’s Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has secured three-year contract extensions with the National Oil Company (NOC) for two of its unnamed vessels, according to a statement released last weekend. The new extended contracts bring GMS’ backlog to USD 558 mn, Zawya reports. No timeline for the start and end of the extensions has been disclosed.

OTHER STORIES WORTH KNOWING THIS MORNING-

  • Emirates to roll out Boeing 777s on 3 flights: Emirates will launch its retrofitted Boeing 777 aircraft on three flights to Riyadh. (Statement)
  • Etihad boosts its services to Russia: Etihad Airways will roll out a third daily flight from Abu Dhabi to Russia’s Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport effective from 1 October and a new flight service to Russian coastal destination Sochi, effective from 29 May. (Wam)
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