Efficient cargo operations at Dubai Cargo Village have earned Dubai International Airport two international honours in April this year.
DIA was honoured with the Best Cargo Airport in the over 500,000 tonnes category at the Air Cargo News Awards 2007 in London and as Middle East’s best cargo centre at the Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards 2007 at Macao.
“It is an honour for us to be recognised in the international arena through continued performance year after year. Both publications are prestigious and the Awards are highly coveted in the cargo industry worldwide,” Dubai Cargo Village director Ali Jallaf said.
He said DCV had won these awards for Dubai International Airport many times over the past decade with its performance and growth.
“We have won over 24 regional and international awards over the past 15 years.
“With our growth continuing on the upward trend and our capacity in expansion drive, I am confident there are a lot of accolades waiting for us,” he added.
Jallaf said the awards are fruits of team work at the DCV.
“I must say credit goes to DCV and its partners such as Dnata, Emirates Skycargo, Dubai Customs, Ministry of Environment, Dubai Municipality, and Dubai Police among others.”
Some 40,000 voters from within the cargo industry from over 100 countries polled for the Air Cargo News Awards. Abdullah bin Khediya, senior general manager at DCV received the award in London.
The Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) are organised and presented by Cargonews Asia, and reflect the views of industry professionals in Asia on the best companies in the industry.
They are designed to honour winning organizations for demonstrating leadership as well as consistency in service quality, innovation, customer relationship management and reliability.
Dubai Cargo Village handled a total of 1,503,697.15 tonnes form Jan to Dec 2006 as compared to handling 1,315,875.85 tonnes in the same period 2005, a growth of 14.27 per cent.
With the tonnage reaching 362,919 tonnes during Jan-Mar 2007 this year, representing a growth of 8.6 per cent over the corresponding period in 2006, the annual figure this year is expected to cross 1.7 million tonnes. TradeArabia News Service