Bahrain’s transportation strategy stays focused, despite challenges: official

Bahrain’s transportation strategy stays focused, despite challenges: official

The two-day event, being held under the patronage of His Excellency Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed Mohamed, Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, is the first maritime event held in the kingdom ever since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world.

According to Al Khalifa, this hub relies on a seamlessly integrated infrastructure consisting of capabilities across land, air and sea transport, and once complete, is expected to lead to 40 per cent cost savings compared to airfreight and 50 per cent faster lead time than pure sea freight, with only a two-hour turnaround time for all containers.

Additionally, the full airport modernisation program, setting up of a new cargo zone near the airport for which it has confirmed Fedex as an anchor tenant and the passing of the new maritime law are other major efforts which have boosted the kingdom’s maritime services.

“We have just recently succeeded in passing into law a new maritime code, which is the first major update to the law and brings Bahrain into par with other countries,” Al Khalifa said in his address, and added: “The new law and regulations are designed to ensure that our main commercial port, the Khalifa bin Salman Port (KBSP), provides the highest efficiencies possible