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Market Watch 23<br />
FAMCO wins warehousing project<br />
at Airport Cargo Terminal<br />
FAMCO has been awarded the<br />
subcontract by SD Middle East<br />
(Siemens) for the supply and<br />
installation of a state-of-theart<br />
Dexion ASRS (Automatic<br />
Storage & Retrieval System)<br />
to the new Cargo<br />
Mega Terminal at the<br />
Dubai International Airport<br />
expansion project.<br />
On behalf of the<br />
Department of Civil Aviation,<br />
the Cargo Mega Terminal<br />
will allow receipt of air<br />
freight on the air side of the<br />
airport, to be broken down<br />
for transhipment or for local<br />
deliveries by road from the<br />
land side.<br />
The scope of work for<br />
FAMCO and Dexion is<br />
the design, engineering,<br />
manufacture, installation,<br />
commissioning and handover<br />
of the ASRS racking system,<br />
the connections between<br />
the hoist towers and racking<br />
system, overhead access<br />
walkway for maintenance<br />
of the hoists plus site<br />
supervision and project<br />
management.<br />
Dubai textile trade crosses<br />
AED 21 billion<br />
The textile market in the<br />
Middle East has continued its<br />
strong growth in 2005, with<br />
total trade through Dubai<br />
touching an astonishing AED<br />
21.5 billion, an increase of 15<br />
per cent over the previous<br />
year, according to trade<br />
traffic statistics compiled by<br />
the Statistics Department of<br />
Dubai Ports, Customs and Free<br />
Zone Corporation (PCFC).<br />
Total imports increased from<br />
AED 12.1 billion in 2004 to AED<br />
13.4 in 2005, whereas reexports<br />
increased from AED 5.8<br />
billion to AED 7.1 billion over<br />
the same period. Total value of<br />
exports was pegged at AED 894<br />
million, up from AED 624<br />
million in 2004.<br />
Woven fabrics of synthetic<br />
filament yarn comprised the<br />
bulk of the total trade with a<br />
22 per cent share, followed by<br />
knitted clothing such as t-<br />
shirts, singlets and vests at 7<br />
per cent. Women’s suits,<br />
ensembles and jackets also had<br />
a 7 per cent share. Men’s suits<br />
and ensembles accounted for 5<br />
per cent, with miscellaneous<br />
other products forming the<br />
remaining 59 per cent.<br />
China ranked first on the list<br />
of top textile exporters to<br />
Dubai, with total exports of<br />
AED 4.8 billion. India was<br />
second with exports worth<br />
AED 1.1 billion, followed by<br />
South Korea, Indonesia and<br />
Thailand at AED 1 billion, AED<br />
588 million and AED 461<br />
million respectively.<br />
Supply Chain & Logistics Group | www.sclgme.org
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