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Localised manufacturing gets post-
pandemic boost
Dubai South’s CEO said the industry
had lessons to learn from the pandemic
– including the ending of reliance on
single nation suppliers and the building
of local and regional manufacturing of the sector would make asset sharing Jamil Shinawi, co-founder and
hubs. “Companies are now looking at inevitable to reap sustainability and director of AHOY which develops
sourcing around the world. This began safety goals. technology empowering next-gen
pre-pandemic, but the pandemic taught “There are currently 13 million logistics and supply chain solutions,
many the cost of having all their eggs in trucks on the road in Europe and five said the impact of asset sharing
one basket. Risk discussion is now taking million businesses shipping goods, yet would be far-reaching. “The potential
place at boardroom level,” he maintained. the trucks travel half empty. Trucking is huge but there are challenges
accounts for only 2 percent of the in the MENA region with a lack of
Asset sharing to become logistics vehicles on Europe’s roads but for 20 infrastructure and standardization.
industry norm: aggregation to percent of the mileage covered and Asset sharing will also impact the
ease congestion, emissions & road 30 percent of all road fatalities and insurance sector with liabilities
fatalities emissions,” he explained. “Asset sharing shifting and the entire system of asset
Asset sharing within the logistics sector can immediately bring about a 20-50% ownership changing.”
will be the new industry norm as the reduction in these impacts so regulation “The conferences laid bare the
segment strives to curb emissions and will push the sector forward and deliver impending challenges facing these
meet sustainability targets, delegates better pricing for all parties involved.” vital sectors and the technology which
heard at Materials Handling Middle Gaurav Biswas, founder & CEO of is enabling change,” explained Simon
East’s Scalex conference, running Trukker – the MENA region’s leading Mellor, CEO of Messe Frankfurt Middle
alongside Hypermotion Dubai. digital freight platform – said asset East. “Industry delegates were privy
Addressing Scalex, which focuses on class is an example of technology to the disruptive technology which can
supply chain and logistics excellence, transforming the industry. “Technology transform industries, super-charge
Avishai Trabelsi, CEO and co-founder is now at the point where we can the creation of localized hi-tech
of Quicargo, the Amsterdam-based capture the data and connect demand economies and better the lives of the
digital freight platform, said regulation with supply,” he commented. people they serve.”

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