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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Minister Meets with Angolan Counterpart

Seoul – S. KoreaMinister of Transport H.E. Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti met with Minister of Transport of the Republic of Angola H.E. Ricardo de Abreu on the sidelines of their participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s Second Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS), in Seoul, S. Korea.The two ministers discussed Qatar-Angola cooperation relations in transportation fields and ways to expand their prospects in the areas of training and civil aviation’s technical skills.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Minister Announces Qatar’s Contribution to ICAO Training Programs

Seoul – S. KoreaMinister of Transport H.E. Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti has attended the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s Second Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS), which opened in Seoul, S. Korea, today.Nearly 30 transportation ministers representing most of the ICAO’s Member States are attending the event, in addition to several airlines’ senior officials.At the GISS’s opening session, Minister Al-Sulaiti declared the State of Qatar’s contribution to supporting the ICAO’s technical training programs for the countries that need to sharpen their personnel’s technical competence, thus enhancing the execution of the GISS’s plans.Themed “Working Together for an Innovative and Sustainable Global Aviation Community”, the GISS is highlighting the ICAO's latest digital tools, key initiatives, and collaborative endeavors to support aviation resilience, innovation, sustainable development, and operational solutions, as part of ICAO's efforts to support the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals set in the UN 2030 Agenda and ICAO's No Country Left Behind (NCLB) initiative.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Zanzibar President Receives Minister Al-Sulaiti

Doha – QatarPresident of Zanzibar H.E. Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi today received Minister of Transport H.E. Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti. H.E. President Mwinyi is currently visiting Qatar to attend the 3rd edition of Qatar Economic Forum.Aspects of bilateral cooperation in the fields of transportation, and ways to further enhance them were discussed during the meeting, in addition to several matters of common interest.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Minister Meets with Suez Canal Authority Chairman

Doha – QatarMinister of Transport H.E. Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti met with Chairman and Managing Director of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority Admiral Osama Rabie, in the Ministry’s offices today.The two officials discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation in the fields of harbors and maritime transportation, and ways to further develop them.Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the State of Qatar H.E. Amr Kamal El-Din El-Sherbiny attended the meeting.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Minister Meets with Georgia’s Vice PM

Doha – QatarMinister of Transport H.E. Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti met with Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy & Sustainable Development of Georgia H.E. Levan Davitashvili, in the Ministry’s offices today.The two officials discussed Qatar-Georgia cooperation relations in the fields of transportation, and ways to enhance economic partnership in them and push them up to new heights.Ambassador of Georgia to the State of Qatar H.E. Nikoloz Revazishvili attended the meeting.

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Minister Honors Mwani Qatar, QTerminals on Hamad Port performance

Doha – QatarMinister of Transport H.E. Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti today honored Mwani Qatar and QTerminals in recognition of their teams’ distinct work that led to Hamad Port ranking in the top ten container ports worldwide in 2021 and 2022 on the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) developed by the World Bank Group and S&P Global Market Intelligence.Mwani Qatar’s CEO Capt. Abdulla Mohamed Al-Khanji and GCEO of QTerminals Mr. Neville Bissett received the appreciation certificates.Hamad Port in 2021 ranked the world’s third most efficient gateway in terms of container transportation and delivery to the administrative areas, and in 2022 ranked eighth in the CPPI’s administrative and statistical approaches in terms of the time a ship needed to spend at the port to complete loading and uploading. Hamad Port advanced from the 38th place worldwide in 2020.The CPPI is intended to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement that will ultimately benefit all stakeholders from shipping lines to national governments to consumers. The CPPI, which in its 2022 edition covers nearly 350 global ports, is based on total port hours per ship call, defined as the time spent between a ship’s arrival in a port and its departure from the berth having completed its cargo exchange.The achievement reflects Hamad Port’s efficient operations and modern infrastructure, facilities, and services. The ranking also shows that Hamad Port keeps moving forward firmly towards more powerful positions as one of the key ports in the Middle East and the region, targeting achieving a more efficient logistics services industry in Qatar and the transformation into a leading global trade hub, thus enhancing its economic diversification plans in step with the QNV2030.Hamad Port in 2022 received some 1569 ships, handled over 1.40 million TEUs, some 1.5 million tons of bulk cargo, nearly 45.8 thousand heads of livestock, and more than 72.5 thousand units of vehicles and equipment.