00:00I'd like to just start by asking you to tell us a bit more about this Sharjah-Dhamam corridor.
00:05How does it work?
00:05Yes. So thank you for hosting me.
00:09So from the beginning, we had obviously to be solution driven.
00:14And when obviously you receive a ship in your port, you have multiple cargo with different destinations.
00:24And Saudi Arabia being a neighboring country with whom we had obviously extensive ties, particularly as Gulf Tenoch, where we
00:35operate as well our ports.
00:37So we had obviously to find a solution to continue to serve the corridor.
00:44So cargo was discharged in, is discharged in Khorfakan.
00:48From Khorfakan, the cargo is routed through a land bridge solution to our port in Sharjah.
00:56And from Sharjah, which is our other port, which face the Arabian Gulf, cargo is being loaded on board feeders
01:07that continue to serve Dhamam, but as well other countries such as Qatar or Bahrain.
01:14The objective, obviously, behind this solution is to continue to serve the UAE, but also the GCC and the GCC
01:25countries.
01:25Make sure that the trade continues to flow as much as, obviously, the cargo shall find, obviously, its roots in
01:39the region.
01:41It's an absolute necessity to maintain, obviously, those land bridge solutions via Sharjah, but as well, Jabal Ali, Abu Dhabi,
01:53because this product as well was extended to other ports, connecting them by feeders.
01:59But also through land bridge itself, today we have customers coming from Saudi Arabia to clear their cargo in our
02:09port in Khorfakan, which is located outside of the Strait of Hormuz.
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