SAL Saudi Logistics Services, a member of Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, has launched the extension of its new Jeddah Station covering a 61,000-sq-m area.

 

The new extension also features effective cold chain facilities and new spacious storage facilities with an impeccable infrastructure for the special and highly sensitive cargo. 

 

The extension was opened under the patronage of Engineer Saleh Al Jasser, Minister of Transport & Logistics, said a statement from SAL. 

 

The Jeddah station extension is expected to increase SAL’s annual cargo capacity to over 800,000 tonnes in 2030 while providing retailers and companies new premium cargo services at KAIA in Jeddah, it stated.  

 

SAL Board Chairman Fawaz AlFawaz said the new extension comes in parallel with the National Industrial Development Program (NIDLP) – one of Vision 2030’s most prominent programs – aimed at transforming the kingdom into a global logistics hub, thus contributing to a robust and diversified economy, sustaining the growth of the sector, and creating highly competitive investment opportunities.

 

He also pointed out that this launch realizes the true ground handling potential of SAL where the company utilizes its logistics expertise to provide more developed services and solutions in and out of airports and expertly serve the international markets to strengthen the connectivity of KSA ports with those of the entire globe. 

 

CEO Hesham Alhussayen said thanks to the new extension, it can now add more high-quality services to its existing wide range of ground handling services and including different state-of-the-art cargo facilities as per the industry’s highest international standards. 

 

The new extension perfectly provides comprehensive import and export services, medical and food cold chain services, dangerous cargo services, and valuable cargo services under world-class security measures and ultramodern automated ground handling systems, he added.-TradeArabia News Service