Aqaba - MarcoPolis Your local business media with a global reach Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:56:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Aqaba Container Terminal 鈥� Serving Jordan & the Levant /aqaba-container-terminal-serving-jordan-the-levant.htm Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:10:32 +0000 /aqaba-container-terminal-serving-jordan-the-levant.htm "ACT is the only container terminal in Jordan so we are serving the entire domestic market. The way we are profiling ourselves and marketing ourselves is 鈥榣ocation, location, location鈥�," explains Jeppe Nymann Jensen, CEO of Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT).

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]]> Jordan鈥檚 Logistics & Shipping Industry in 2015-2016 /jordan-s-logistics-shipping-industry-in-2015-2016.htm Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:01:11 +0000 /jordan-s-logistics-shipping-industry-in-2015-2016.htm "Traditionally we have seen 30% of our throughput volumes being transited to Iraq. It is now down to about 2.5%. We anticipate that 2016 will be a difficult year but we do hope that there will be some improvement in Iraq," says Jeppe Nymann Jensen, CEO of Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT).

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]]> Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT): Aqaba As the Top Cargo Gateway to the Levant /aqaba-container-terminal-act-aqaba-as-the-top-cargo-gateway-to-the-levant.htm Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:44:55 +0000 /aqaba-container-terminal-act-aqaba-as-the-top-cargo-gateway-to-the-levant.htm "We are very strategically placed to serve the Levant area in the region and are working tirelessly to develop the most efficient transportation system of the region, from Aqaba to Amman and beyond, towards the borders."

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]]> Ayla: A Unique Mixed Use Real Estate Project on the Red Sea /ayla-a-unique-mixed-use-real-estate-project-on-the-red-sea.htm Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:23:48 +0000 /ayla-a-unique-mixed-use-real-estate-project-on-the-red-sea.htm "Ayla is very unique; it is basically realising the vision of Aqaba in a way. The vision of Aqaba was to have 50% of its activities in tourism and in other related developments. So Ayla was given land on the border which was undeveloped to turn into a mixed use development and attraction," says Sahl Dudin, Managing Director of Ayla Oasis Development Company, which is currently undertaking the leading real estate development on the Red Sea.

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]]> Ayla Oasis – Helping Jordan Become a Full Tourism Destination /ayla-oasis-helping-jordan-become-a-full-tourism-destination.htm Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:16:22 +0000 /ayla-oasis-helping-jordan-become-a-full-tourism-destination.htm "We remain optimistic and resilient. I think the word resilient here is very important. Jordan has seen many adversities, not in Jordan but in neighbouring countries," explains Sahl Dudin, Managing Director of Ayla Oasis Development Company, which is currently undertaking the leading real estate development on the Red Sea.

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]]> 鈥淭ourism is Jordan鈥檚 oil鈥� 鈥� Sahl Dudin /tourism-is-jordan-s-oil-sahl-dudin.htm Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:09:08 +0000 /tourism-is-jordan-s-oil-sahl-dudin.htm "Tourism is basically the major sources of income to the Kingdom and the employer of tens of thousands of people. Jordan boasts many touristic sites like Petra, Jerash, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea and Aqaba. We believe that tourism is Jordan鈥檚 future in terms of revenue and prosperity," explains Sahl Dudin, Managing Director of Ayla Oasis Development Company, which is currently undertaking the leading real estate development on the Red Sea.

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]]> 鈥淭here Is Room for More Industries in Jordan,鈥� Says Sheldon Fink of PBI Aqaba /there-is-room-for-more-industries-in-jordan-says-sheldon-fink-of-pbi-aqaba.htm Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:33:45 +0000 /there-is-room-for-more-industries-in-jordan-says-sheldon-fink-of-pbi-aqaba.htm "We believe that Jordan is far away from having realised its potential. That is great in business. If more foreign investors come here and show what we can do and how it can be a very important part of local development then that would also help. That is one of the jobs we are trying to do," says Sheldon Fink, Chairman & CEO of PBI Aqaba Industrial Estate.

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]]> PBI Aqaba: 鈥淎qaba Can Be a Great Manufacturing Location in the 博鱼体育娱乐平台 East鈥� /pbi-aqaba-aqaba-can-be-a-great-manufacturing-location-in-the-middle-east.htm Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:02:51 +0000 /pbi-aqaba-aqaba-can-be-a-great-manufacturing-location-in-the-middle-east.htm "The main objective is to be an example for proving to the Jordanian government that Aqaba can be a great manufacturing location. That is something they didn鈥檛 believe at all and now they are starting to believe it," says Sheldon Fink, Chairman & CEO of PBI Aqaba Industrial Estate.

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]]> Aqaba鈥檚 Industrial Development and Its Role in Creating Employment in Jordan /aqaba-s-industrial-development-and-its-role-in-creating-employment-in-jordan.htm Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:58:25 +0000 /aqaba-s-industrial-development-and-its-role-in-creating-employment-in-jordan.htm "The vision of Aqaba, held by the authorities when we first came here, did not give an important role to industry," explains Sheldon Fink, Chairman & CEO of PBI Aqaba Industrial Estate.

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]]> About PBI Aqaba, the Manager of Aqaba Industrial Estate /about-pbi-aqaba-the-manager-of-aqaba-industrial-estate.htm Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:52:07 +0000 /about-pbi-aqaba-the-manager-of-aqaba-industrial-estate.htm "We have been based in Aqaba for about 10 years. When we came to Aqaba it had about 80,000 people and today it has almost twice that number. The GDP of the city has also grown similarly over the past ten years," says Sheldon Fink, Chairman & CEO of PBI Aqaba Industrial Estate.

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