Maqta Gateway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, has signed a co-operation agreement in China with LOGINK, the national logistics platform operated by the Chinese Ministry of Transport.
Dr. Noura Al Dhaheri, General Manager of Maqta Gateway, and Guo Jianbiao, Director-General of LOGINK, signed the MoU in Hangzhou, China, on the sidelines of a workshop on International Port Logistics Information Sharing and the Northeast Asia Logistics Information Service Network, NEAL-Net, meeting.
NEAL-Net is a non-profit co-operative mechanism for exchanging logistics information and sharing technological co-operation.
Under the MoU, logistics information will be shared between Maqta PCS and LOGINK System, which in turn will provide visibility of the nine ports in China.
Commenting on the signing, Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Ports said, "The co-operation agreement is another milestone to add to Abu Dhabi Port’s growing trade portfolio of collaborations with Chinese companies in the logistics, maritime and trade sphere. Sharing information of LOGINK Systems with our Maqta Gateway’s single digital maritime window will allow customers to track the details of their shipments and vessels at anytime and anywhere before they reach destinations."
Dr. Al Dhaheri added, "We are excited to be the first company in the Middle East to sign this agreement. The agreement with LOGINK will better utilise information that exists in our port community system, Maqta PCS, and those that exist in the China LOGINK system to better serve our customers. Our intent is to expand our network of reach to access accurate and reliable shipping information to better optimise our logistics services."
Maqta Gateway has already begun the efforts of integrating Abu Dhabi’s port community system, Maqta PCS, with other international port community systems, initially planned for 2020.