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READY TO SERVE SERVICE CENTRE • SAUDI ARABIA’S DOWNSTREAM DEVELOPMENT IS GENERATING A NEED FOR FACILITIES TO KEEP CHEMICALS MOVING. ONE COMPANY IS AIMING TO FILL THAT NEED GULF STAR ENTERPRISE (GSEE) has announced ambitious plans to expand its service centre in Dammam City, Saudi Arabia to provide its local and international customers with a single point for all their chemical warehousing, repacking and tank container cleaning needs. The site, which is located between the 2nd and 3rd Industrial Cities on the Dammam-Al Ahsa Highway, will also be able to offer handling and labelling of specialty chemicals and solvents. Moreover, GSEE says the unit will be able to deal with the recycling, treatment and disposal of chemical wastes and offer a comprehensive waste management programme for toxic and other hazardous wastes. The new facility is designed to meet increasing demand for the proper handling of chemicals, plastics and fertilisers as the kingdom’s downstream oil and gas industry diversifies into new product streams. GSEE already provides logistics services to that sector, but as it develops its needs are becoming more sophisticated. The GSEE location is 45 km from the King Abdulaziz Sea Port, which currently handles 25 per cent of Saudi Arabia’s imports and 5.6 per cent of its exports, and is projected to gain a large share of the increasing trade in chemical products. The port is also well connected to the country’s hinterland and
“GSEE aims to be part of this growth story, taking advantage of being in the Eastern Province, the jewel in the oil and gas industry in Saudi Arabia, and the increase in growth in trade volumes and business activities, to provide good quality services, and to enable smooth trade and operations for its customers,” says Nafel Al-Hajeri, head of GSEE. EXPERIENCE COUNTS GSEE was founded in 2010 to serve the regional oil and petrochemical industries, creating a supply chain through its network of partners to enable fulfilment of ondemand and long-term contracts around the world. This new Environmental and Logistics Service Complex will add to its capabilities and responds to growing public and government concern about the protection of the Arabian environment
and the proper and safe disposal of toxic and hazardous waste. The facility will also provide space for the storage of tank containers and intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), as well as palletised drums. GSEE, in its role as a third-party logistics provider (3PL), is also moving fast in the area of digitisation, which it says will allow small companies to achieve global reach and compete on equal terms with global giants. Over the next few years, GSEE plans to develop and implement systems to offer real-time visibility of transport information, allowing it to offer its customers total solutions for their individual requirements. The platform will be based on the group’s long-standing expertise in the logistics field, together with its strong network of partners in the supply chain. GSEE is ready to act as a representative in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region for international chemical manufacturers and other 3PLs in the chemicals sector. It also offers agency services for companies seeking to do business in Saudi Arabia in the expanding energy and water resources sectors, developing markets for their products and services. 2030visions.com
is the closest port to the capital, Riyadh.
GULF STAR ENTERPRISE IS CREATING A ONE-STOP-SHOP TO HANDLE CHEMICAL TANKS
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