Emirates SkyCargo transports 247 horses from Liege to Tokyo n Emirates SkyCargo recently operated eight charter flights to fly 247 horses from Liege (Belgium) to Tokyo. The first flight with 36 dressage horses landed at Haneda airport, Tokyo. Emirates operated an additional eight flights for the return journey from Tokyo to Liege. During the flights, the horses were comfortably settled inside specially designed horse stalls. Emirates SkyCargo flew 131 horse stalls to transport the 247 horses. In addition, 59 grooms flew with the horses on the eight flights to ensure that the horses were well cared for, fed and watered during the journey from Liege to Haneda via a brief stopover in Dubai. Emirates transported 20 tonnes of inflight food and drink for the horses along with 100 tonnes of special equipment for the onward journey from Liege. Emirates has decades of experience in transporting horses across six continents for international sporting events, a press communiqué said.
SOHAR Port and Freezone continues growth as an international logistics hub
6 SEPTEMBER 2021
n Building on its momentum, SOHAR Port and Freezone has announced encouraging results for the second quarter of 2021. Among them, it reported that the Port’s handling of goods in and out of the Sultanate (throughput) increased by 14% over the same period in 2020 and Ship-to-Ship (STS) cargo increased by an impressive 168%. Meanwhile, the number of handled containers came in at 190,000 TEU in addition to 804 vessel calls, up by 18% from the same period in 2020. The land occupancy at the Freezone has also shown a rise of 10% since the same time last year. “SOHAR Port’s continual growth is a testament to the longterm value that we provide to our clients as we operate safely and efficiently to serve the industrial and economic sectors,” asserted Mark Geilenkirchen, CEO, SOHAR Port. “In alignment with the port’s impressive growth, we continue to make major investments in the Freezone, while promoting it, and Oman in general, as a favourable business destination,” commented Omar Mahmood Al Mahrizi, CEO, SOHAR Freezone and Deputy CEO, SOHAR Port.
