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DHL to set up MRO facility in Bahrain Int’l Airport: The Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) and DHL Express have signed a Letter of Intent to set up a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility in Bahrain International Airport (BIA), according to a statement. BAC is allocating a land plot for the facility in the airport’s western apron, and will serve the Middle East and North Africa. The hangar will expand DHL Express’s capacity to maintain its global B777 and B767 fleet, offering maintenance services to other DHL airlines.
REMEMBER: DHL Express inaugurated a EUR 218 mn expansion of its MENA hub and main office at BIA, adding 54k sqm to accommodate 12 DHL aircraft and process over 2 mn shipments annually.
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Marsa LNG signs gas sales agreement with Oman’s IGC: Marsa LNG — a TotalEnergies and OQ JV — has signed a natural gas sales agreement with Oman’s state-owned Integrated Gas Company (IGC) to offtake and transport 150 mn cbm of natural gas, according to a disclosure (pdf). The gas will be delivered via OQ Networks from the Mabrouk field — in which Marsa LNG has a 33.19% stake — to Marsa LNG’s Sohar facility currently under construction at Sohar Port, which has a capacity of roughly 1 mn tons per year.
REMEMBER- Marsa LNG reached a Final Investment Decision and inked a sub-usufruct agreement with Oman’s Sohar Port and Freezone for an LNG liquefaction plant at Sohar Port last year. The 44.5-hectare LNG liquefaction plant has a total investment ticket of USD 1.6 bn and will be powered by a 300 MW solar plant.
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Dubai-based Al Khayyat Investments (AKI) has launched a business unit focusing on third-party logistics for its business customers, TradeArabia reports. The third-party services will cover UAE companies in retail, healthcare, and FMCG. AKI Logistics will handle tasks such as customs clearance, product tracking, co-packing, relabeling, cold-chain storage, and last-mile delivery for its clients.
Latest moves from AKI: The company launched its 1 mn sq ft fulfillment center in Dubai Industrial City last April in a bid to boost the firm’s current storage and distribution capacity almost fourfold to over 1.5 mn units per day. The facility will help AKI extend its services to over 30k commercial businesses in the region and bolster its home delivery operations.
