08/03/2010
Asharqia Chamber organizing the Port Conference between the chairman and the businessmen on Tuesday
Asharqia Chamber is organizing tomorrow morning, Tuesday, 9/3/2010 an open conference to His Excellency Dr. Khalid bin Ahmed Bubshait, Head of the General Ports with a group of businessmen in the eastern region in the chamber's center in Dammam.
Asharqia Chairman,Mr.Abdulrahman bin Rashid Al-Rashid said that the conference will discuss the investment opportunities availability to the private sector, in King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, and the system of licensing companies to operate and maintain the port in order to create competition at work and reduce the duration of the session documentary to end the process of making goods.
AlRashid also pointed out that the meeting would discuss the existing services appropriateness provided by the port and the amount of the goods imports and the cooperation between the port's administration and the rest of the other government departments to make way for incoming consignments restrictions, and also touch upon the development of King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, and Jubail Commercial Port with the improvement of equipment and cranes to accommodate the increase in the imports in the future, pointing out that the meeting will highlight the beneficiaries of port services will clarify the Saudi Ports Authority efforts in the service development and facilitating the procedures for customers in respect of goods received and issued.
AlRashid confirmed that this conference is an opportunity for the direct communication between businessmen and the President of the Saudi Ports Authority to propose solutions that would overcome the difficulties and obstacles for the development of the inflow of goods, and discuss the port development to keep track with the global variables, and discussing the best use of the yards and container terminals.