The new
facility is one of the largest inspection facilities in the region, according
to DP World.
A number of high-level
government officials, including Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment
and Water, attended the inauguration.
“This new
facility at Jebel Ali, the port
gateway and the biggest transit of imports to the UAE, is a great achievement
and an important contribution to the promotion and the efficiency of procedures
for quarantine and veterinary, and in our efforts to sustain environmental
security and higher rates of bio-security and food,” Fahad stated.
The new
customs inspection facilities operates 24 hours day, seven days a week and
according to Ahmad Mahboob Musabih, Director of Dubai Customs, the latest international system for scanning containers
and inspecting moving trucks has been
implemented.
Musabih
stated that the x-ray system is capable of scanning 150 trucks per hour while
driving between 8 to 15 kilometres an hour.
Other
high-level officials included Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai
Municipality and Jasem Mohammad Al Zaabi, Director General of General Authority
for the Security of Ports, Borders and Free Zones.
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