Agility opens Shanghai logistics hub
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- Friday, 11 June 2010
One of the biggest facilities of its kind in China to date, the 66,000 square metre hub will receive and distribute up to 600,000 tons of polyolefins annually from Borouge’s plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Agility Abu Dhabi designed, constructed and owns the state-of-the-art facility and will manage operations and distribution to the Asian market over the next 10 years.
The ceremony was held on the site in Fengxian, with more than 100 attendees from Agility, Borouge, local government officials and other dignitaries in attendance.
Borouge is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis.
The Shanghai logistics hub will receive polymer resins in bulk containers directly from the Borouge Middle East gateway at Ruwais in Abu Dhabi. These polymers are used in a wide range of applications including pipe systems, wires and cables, automotive components and advanced packaging as well as household white goods.
Adjacent to the Logistics Hub is a 30,000 square metre Compound Manufacturing Unit (CMU) which produces 50,000 tonnes of polymer compounds each year. Agility Abu Dhabi, a joint venture between Agility, Mubadala Investment Company and Al Dahra, designed the building infrastructure and service connections that support the CMU.
"The world manufacturing footprint of the petrochemicals industry is in major change with production in the Middle East expected to more than double by 2015. The Shanghai Logistics Hub successfully demonstrates the key role Agility is playing in facilitating trade and investment flows and opening gateways from the Middle East to Asia and emerging markets," said Philip Browitt, chairman of the Agility Chemical Specialty business.
