Premier Motors hands over 11 Ford Trucks’ 4142M Mixers to the Tristar Group

n Premier Motors, the official Ford Trucks dealer in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, recently handed over 11 Ford Trucks 4142M mixers to the Tristar Group, one of the UAE’s fully integrated Energy Logistics business serving the downstream oil and gas industry.

The vehicles were handover to Tristar Group at its Industrial City Abu Dhabi facility.

“Ford Trucks products provide a compelling total cost of ownership of the vehicles with very minimal downtime, which is particularly important in our lines of business,” remarked Shivananda Baikady, General Manager, Road Transport & Warehousing, Tristar Group.

This handover of Ford Trucks vehicles by Premier Motors in Abu Dhabi marks a great beginning to 2023 as the dealership makes strong inroads into the various business segments it serves through the brand and its facilities in the Emirate.

“Premier Motors continues to expand and grow in the various segments of Abu

Dhabi’s commercial vehicle market. It has been most satisfying to gain the trust of the major players in the construction, waste management, transportation, the cargo and logistics sectors and we look to continue this momentum into the future,” commented Helal Hanei Omar, Senior Vice President, Ford & Lincoln, Al Tayer Motors.

Mawani reports growth in Saudi Ports’ container volumes in 2022

n Saudi Arabi’s ports have ended December in the gains territory with a string of spectacular results across various indicators, chief among them the 13.63% year-on-year spike in container throughput from 841,055 TEUs to 955,731 TEUs.

The operational footprint of the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) during 2022 was driven by the tenets of sustainable development, customer centricity, competitive superiority, and digital transformation. Statistics show a growth across container categories with a 7.15% growth in exported containers to 214,789 TEUs in comparison to 200,460 TEUs in 2021. Similarly, imported containers were up 24.41% to 246,023 TEUs from 197,709 TEUs a year earlier.

Transshipments, too, maintained the upward trend by soaring at 11.76% to 494,919 TEUs as opposed to the previous year’s tally of 442,850 TEUs.

On the other hand, cargo volumes inched up by 14.06% from the 2021 levels of 25,962,471 tons to total 29,612,588 tons in December. Furthermore, numbers under this classification remained in the green with general cargo increasing by 35.27% from 612,303 tons to 828,247 tons.

Likewise, dry bulk cargo jumped 12.99% to 4,427,370 tons versus 3,958,212 tons in the prior period while liquid bulk cargo was 14.28% higher at 16,197,188 tons when measured against 2021’s count of 14,173,355 tons. December also saw the Kingdom’s ports collectively process 1,723,177 tons of food commodities and 310,160 cattle heads across its state-ofthe-art facilities.

Car imports in the concluding month of 2022 shot up by 22.74% to hit 80,146 units relative to 2021’s volume of 65,297 vehicles. In addition, the inflow of vessels accelerated by 18.83% to 1,407 compared to 1,184 in the preceding year.

Ford Trucks was introduced by Al Tayer Motors into the UAE in 2014 and has since successfully established and grown its presence in the commercial vehicles sector. Ford Trucks is represented in Abu Dhabi through Premier Motors and in Dubai and the Northern Emirates through Al Tayer Motors.