Committed to developing cargo facilities, says Saudia Cargo’s Hariri

Oct 23, 2018: Omar Talal Hariri, CEO of Saudi Airlines Cargo Company has reiterated the pivotal role played by the air cargo sector in achieving the objectives of Vision 2030, aiming to turn the Kingdom into a global logistics hub for goods transport and cargo services.

In his speech delivered at the 2nd Supply Chain and Logistics Conference held in Riyadh, Hariri spoke about the local air cargo sector, which is committed to improving all handling facilities, and this is exactly what Saudia Cargo has done lately by launching new projects to develop and construct the infrastructure facilities of Jeddah and Riyadh cargo stations. He lauded the efforts and plans that resulted in reducing import and export documentation and procedures by 75 percent, an action which will surely enhance the efficiency of logistics services and speed up the accomplishment of the objectives of the Kingdom’s digital transformation.

The Kingdom’s strategic and geographic location makes it a major transit station for goods and a crossroad for international cargo routes. This location will help the Kingdom become a pivotal logistics and cargo platform, it alone will provide good opportunities for the country to increase its share of logistics operations, Hariri noted.

Saudia Cargo, which is a strategic partner for the conference, set up a pavilion on the sidelines of the event. minister of transport Nabeel Muhammad Al-Amoudi visited the pavilion and spoke highly of the Saudia Cargo’s role in logistics services and cargo handling and transport. President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation Abdulhakim Al Tamimi and General Customs Authority governor Ahmed Al-Hakbani visited the pavilion as well.

Organised by the ministry of transport, the conference was attended by supply chain and logistics services top officials, decision-makers and experts in addition to local and international representatives of major logistics companies.