Bahrain Global Sea-to-Air Logistics Hub opens; fastest in the region

Bahrain recently launched the fastest regional multi-modal logistics hub—the Bahrain Global Sea-air Hub—with only a two-hour turnaround time for all containers. So products can reach customers in half the time and at 40 per cent of the present cost. The advantages include a 50 per cent reduction in average lead time compared to pure sea freight.

The hub exploits the country’s strategic position midway between European and Asian markets as well as on its proximity to regional target markets.

The hub relies on streamlined clearance procedures, optimized logistics, and full digitization to achieve an end-to-end lead time of just under two hours for goods transiting from Bahrain International Airport to Khalifa bin Salman Port, and vice versa, according to media reports from the Gulf region.

Bahrain recently launched the fastest regional multi-modal logistics hub—the Bahrain Global Sea-air Hub—with only a two-hour turnaround time for all containers. So products can reach customers in half the time and at 40 per cent of the present cost. The advantages include a 50 per cent reduction in average lead time compared to pure sea freight.

Bahrain will grant partner status in this initiative to all global markets that will grant their national companies the opportunity to become an authorised ‘trusted shipper’ at the hub.

The operating cost within the logistics sector is 45 per cent lower in Bahrain compared to neighbouring markets, according to a 2019 KPMG report.

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