Wednesday 30 / October / 2024
Muscat: Port of Salalah provides the Flex hub facility in cooperation with Maersk as a vital client to the port and as an integrator container logistics company.
Maersk’s Flex hub solution enables shippers to manage the flow of cargo based on their demand patterns by allowing them to store goods at a port of their choice based on the proximity of key target markets. Subsequently, shippers can transport goods directly from the Flex hub port whenever they are ready.
Shippers are looking for faster deliveries and shorter transit times, whilst ensuring the lowest possible cost for shipments, to ensure that they meet their customers’ demands.
Mark Hardiman, CEO of Port of Salalah stated, “Port of Salalah is constantly looking for new opportunities and innovative solutions to cater to our clients’ needs. We optimise our strategic location serving the East-West trade and realising the vast capabilities and opportunities this gives us in contributing to the world trade. Flex hub is a great initiative by Maersk and we, at Port of Salalah, are pleased to offer this solution to enable our clients to reach their key target markets at an optimum time and much lower costs. In this day and time, when everyone is looking for faster and efficient solutions, Flex hub is definitely the way to go in order to achieve that.”
Christopher Cook, Managing Director, Maersk UAE commented, “During the pandemic, our customers have faced significant variations in demand as countries faced staggered lockdowns. Our Flex hub solution allows our customers the flexibility to speed up or slow down their supply chains depending on the need from the market whilst keeping visibility through a single platform with a variety of strategic hubs around the world. By building in resilience in the supply chains, we are simplifying our customers’ business.”
The port continues to actively contribute to Oman’s 2040 vision and objective and support Oman’s economic diversification strategy.
Strategically located on the trade crossroads between Asia and Europe and serving the markets of East Africa, the Red Sea, the Indian Subcontinent and the Arabian Gulf – the Port of Salalah is operated by APM Terminals as part of the APM Terminals global terminal network. The port operates both a container terminal and a general cargo terminal.
