Savills Middle East: Why the MENA region could be the future of global logistics?

Savills Middle East: Why the MENA region could be the future of global logistics?

Savills, the leading global real estate advisors, hosted its second in-depth Middle East webinar following the recent launch of its global Impacts study in the region. The panel dedicated to 'Transportation and Innovation' brought together regional real estate and logistics experts including Scott Fennelly, Director at Surface Mobility Consultants, Edwin Lammers, Vice President of Commercial at KIZAD and Sulaiman Al Riyami, Vice President Real Estate at Oman Aviation Group. The session was moderated by Ihsan Kharouf, Head of Savills Oman who discussed with the panellists the role technology has on the way goods are distributed and stored, and its impact on real estate decisions. The session also shed light on the large-scale ME infrastructure projects under construction or under planning and whether these developments are future proof to such changes.



To enable a more seamless interaction with the global and regional economies, countries in the region are investing significantly to modernise their existing infrastructure and building futuristic projects to deliver best-in-class efficiency and sustainability.  Countries in the region continue to progress up the rankings in the Logistics Performance Index (LPI), the interactive bench marking too created by the World Bank. The UAE is taking the lead and is ranked 11th globally, followed by Oman,