Saudi “SAL” implements an expansion that increases the capacity of shipping facilities to 1.1 million tons per year

Under the patronage of the Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics, engineer Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, SAL Saudi Logistics Services Company, a member of the Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, today inaugurated the expansion of its new terminal at King International Airport. Abdulaziz of Jeddah.

The chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi SAL Company for Logistics Services, Fawaz bin Muhammad Al-Fawaz, said the launch of the station expansion is in in line with the national strategy for transport and logistics, which aims to transform the Kingdom in a global logistics platform to contribute in significantly to maximize and diversify the economic impact of the Kingdom. Sustainability and growth of the logistics sector Achieve leadership and create competitive opportunities in the attractive investment environment that the Kingdom adopts in its vision.

Al-Fawaz added that the launch of the expansion aims to leverage the company’s strengths in air cargo management and its industry experience to expand its logistics services and advanced solutions in and out of airports and to serve international markets to increase the strength of connecting the Kingdom’s ports with its global counterparts.

For its part, Eng. Hisham bin Abdullah Al-Hussein, CEO of the Saudi SAL Company for Logistics Services, said thearea of expansion of the qualitative services phase in addition to the traditional ground handling services from the station will reach 40,000 square meters, including various dispatch facilities equipped with the most modern facilities and the highest standard Automated handling systems, including shipping services in entrance e in outbound, refrigerated medical and food shipments, high value shipments, dangerous shipments and transit shipments, according to the safety procedures according to standard international.

Interestingly, the Saudi SAL Company for Logistics Services is one of the national companies that provides its logistics services in the field of cargo handling for various airlines at the airports of the Kingdom, as well as providing logistics solution services and connecting other means of transport to increase the efficiency of the logistics services provided. internationally, to help achieve the Kingdom’s 2030 vision is to make it a global logistics platform and an international hub for serving goods and shipping.