Dubai Trade, the premier trade facilitation entity that offers
integrated electronic services from various trade and logistics service
providers in Dubai, honoured Kanoo Shipping, a division of The Kanoo Group,
with ‘Electronics Services Award to Shipping Agent for General Cargo Service’
at the 11th E-Services Excellence Award.
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From right to left: Hussain Al Blooshi, Acting Chief Operating Officer – Dubai Trade; John Drinkwater, Vice President, Kanoo Shipping – UAE & Oman; Mishal Kanoo, Chairman of The Kanoo Group – UAE & Oman; Jonathan Bygrave, CEO, Kanoo Shipping; Muhammad Farooq, Operations Manager – Northern Emirates, Kanoo Shipping; Shihabdin Gulabdin, Service Manager, Kanoo Shipping; Abdulla Bin Damithan, Chief Commercial Officer – DP World |
The
11th cycle of E-Services Excellence Award (ESEA) ceremony was held at the Intercontinental Festival City Hotel,
Dubai, on 18th
February 2019, under the patronage of
His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of
Dubai.
Abdulla
Bin Damithan, Chief Commercial Officer, DP World, UAE Region, delivered his keynote
speech and Hussain Alblooshi, Acting Chief Operating Officer, Dubai Trade, gave
his welcome remarks in the presence of over 500 trade and logistics
industry clients.
The annual event is part of Dubai Trade’s strategy to
encourage the e-transformation & adoption toward the smart services
available on its portal which in turn will help establish Dubai as the leading
trade and logistics hub in the world.
It also aims to honour its clients who have been the most active online performers throughout the year, thus building customer loyalty by awarding the best-performing companies.
It also aims to honour its clients who have been the most active online performers throughout the year, thus building customer loyalty by awarding the best-performing companies.
Mishal
Kanoo, Chairman of The Kanoo Group – UAE & Oman,
together with Jonathan Bygrave, CEO, Kanoo
Shipping; John Drinkwater, Vice President, Kanoo Shipping – UAE & Oman;
Muhammad Farooq, Operations Manager – Northern Emirates; and Shihabdin Gulabdin,
Service Manager, received the special award on behalf of Kanoo Shipping.
Jonathan Bygrave said, “We are delighted to be
one of the role models in supporting the government’s initiative in
innovation and use of technology to transform trade processes. This award will
surely add value and moral support to Kanoo Shipping as well as the trade and
logistics community in the UAE.”
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Kanoo Shipping and other winners for different categories in the
latest edition of ESEA were rewarded according to their mobile and online
transactions across key services provided by DP World, Dubai Customs, and Jebel
Ali Free Zone throughout 2018.
The prestigious event was attended by high profile leaders from
Dubai's business community such as top executives, senior management & key
decision makers from partners, banks, government, and private sectors.
The ESEA is in line
with the Year of Innovation, and the Smart Government initiative to make all
services available through smart platforms and the completion of its deadline
announced by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and
Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
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