DHL opens ground operations facility in MENA

DHL, a global logistics company, opened the doors to its largest ground operations facility in the MENA.
DHL says its latest SR100 million investment in the future of the logistics industry in the MENA region will help further consolidate and enhance the global connectivity of the Middle East region for at least the next 20 years.
Located in the Meydan Racecourse district in Dubai, this investment is aimed at enduring DHL’s continued growth and innovation in the Kingdom and the wider region resulting in even better transit times and network reliability.
Along with DHL partner MGE Middle East General Enterprise LLC, the new facility aims to serve and enhance DHL’s competitive logistical performance due to its strategic location between Dubai Airport and Dubai World Central, state-of-the-art features and technological capabilities and best in class handling processes all within one new modern and iconic facility.
Spanning across an area of 186,000 square feet, which is equivalent to 2.5 football pitches, some features of the new facility include a 100,000 square foot indoor sorting and loading area, a 50,000 square foot office, which will also serve as DHL’s new head office for the UAE, an indoor loading for up to 120 courier vans giving more security to customer’s shipments without exposure to sun or even rain, over 100 CCTV cameras keeping track of every shipment across the facility filming three months’ worth of footage in just one day, and a conveyor belt that can automatically weigh, measure and photograph up to 72,000 shipments a day.
Suliman stated: “This new facility also offers our employees state-of-the-art utilities as well as recreational and health facilities.”
Saeed Humaid Al-Tayer, chairman and CEO at Meydan Group LLC, said: “The new facility will play a key role in the rapid commercial growth in the region.”