Updates on warehouses, regulation and aviation from Qatar and the UAE

STORAGE + WAREHOUSES-

Nexx sets up fulfillment center in MLC: Hong Kong-based smart logistics firm Nexx has partnered up with Chinese e-commerce logistics firm Zipto Supply Chain to develop and operate a 5k sqm AI fulfillment center in Qatar’s Milaha Logistics City (MLC), Gulf Times reports. The facility is scheduled to start operations in 4Q 2025.

The details: The center will provide end-to-end warehousing services through AI-powered management systems, along with automated sorting robots for cross-border B2C and B2B e-commerce businesses. Chinese logistics firm Kerry e-Commerce will also operate the facility.

The UAE also has footprints in this project. Nexx partnered up with last-mile delivery firm iMile, enabling the UAE-based company to set up a base at the new fulfillment center in MLC and expand its services across Qatar.

REMEMBER- Nexx is backing MLC’s automation drive: Milaha inked an MoU with Nexx in June to use its AI-powered automation technologies in MLC — supporting MLC’s “transition to semi and fully-automated” operations by optimizing sorting, picking, and fulfillment.

REGULATION WATCH-

Qatar unites shipping under one commercial registry: The Qatari government has announced that logistics companies operating in the shipping field can now combine their land, sea, and air activities under a single commercial registration, according to a statement. The move aims to reduce costs, ease bureaucratic processes, and support local logistics companies.

AVIATION-

#1- Emirates launches new AED 500 mn flight training center in Dubai: Emirates Airline has opened a new flight crew training centre valued at AED 500 mn, providing current and future pilots training on its fleet of Airbus A350s and upcoming Boeing 777Xs, according to the Dubai Media Office.

#2- Budget carrier flydubai will begin four weekly flights to Nairobi from 15 October, operating out of Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport, according to a Dubai Media Office statement. The airline will also increase its Mombasa route to a daily service from 1 October, bringing its total weekly flights to Kenya to 11.

Bigger picture: The addition of Nairobi takes flydubai’s African network to 12 destinations, including Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Asmara, Al Alamein, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, Entebbe, Hargeisa, and Zanzibar.