<p data-path-to-node="2" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="2" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">DUBAI</b> — Global logistics operator DP World UAE has officially commissioned a major expansion of its specialized, high-capacity cold chain and temperature-controlled warehousing infrastructure within the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) in Dubai, significantly reinforcing regional food security and perishables trade corridors.</p><h4 data-path-to-node="3" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b>High-Tech Infrastructure Scale-Up &amp; Thermal Management</b></h4><p data-path-to-node="4" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">The newly activated multi-temperature logistics facility covers an expansive footprint of over 120,000 square meters, engineered specifically to handle sensitive perishable freight, fresh produce, pharmaceuticals, and frozen protein imports.</p><p data-path-to-node="5" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">The state-of-the-art facility features dynamic climate-control capabilities:</p><ul data-path-to-node="6" style="padding-inline-start: 32px; font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="6,0,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="6,0,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Deep-Freeze Chambers:</b> Operating down to <span class="math-inline" data-math="-25^\circ\text{C}" data-index-in-node="40" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">$-25^\circ\text{C}$</span> for long-term frozen food preservation and strategic emergency reserves.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="6,1,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="6,1,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Chilled &amp; Pharmaceutical Zones:</b> Maintained between <span class="math-inline" data-math="+2^\circ\text{C}" data-index-in-node="51" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">$+2^\circ\text{C}$</span> and <span class="math-inline" data-math="+8^\circ\text{C}" data-index-in-node="72" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">$+8^\circ\text{C}$</span> equipped with GDP (Good Distribution Practice) compliance certification.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="6,2,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="6,2,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Automated Dock Levelers:</b> Sealed dock shelters and rapid-roll thermal doors ensuring an unbroken cold chain during active container discharge.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="6,3,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="6,3,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">IoT Environmental Monitoring:</b> Real-time sensor grids providing automated thermal logging and predictive maintenance alerts.</p></li></ul><h4 data-path-to-node="7" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b>Aligning with National Food Security Objectives</b></h4><p data-path-to-node="8" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">The strategic expansion responds directly to the UAE’s National Food Security Strategy 2051, designed to establish resilient agricultural trade links and build substantial strategic food reserves across the Gulf region.</p><p data-path-to-node="9" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">By providing scalable, high-velocity storage capacity at the crossroads of major East-West trade routes, DP World aims to shield regional food distribution networks against global maritime shocks, ocean carrier reroutings, and climate-driven agricultural supply shortages.</p><h4 data-path-to-node="10" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b>Multimodal Trade Synergy and Regional Impact</b></h4><p data-path-to-node="11" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Directly integrated with Jebel Ali Port’s deepwater container terminals and connected via a bonded freight bypass corridor to Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC), the cold chain hub offers seamless sea-to-air and land-to-sea transit solutions.</p><p data-path-to-node="12" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">"Enhancing our cold storage handling footprint at Jafza is a critical step in securing the regional food supply chain," stated a senior executive at DP World UAE during the launch ceremony. "By combining deepwater container terminal berths with advanced, automated temperature-controlled warehousing, we are giving global food producers, trading houses, and retailers a fast-track gateway to serve over 3.5 billion consumers across the Middle East, South Asia, and East Africa."</p><p data-path-to-node="13" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Trade forwarders and food import desks note that the facility's automated customs pre-clearance and digital inventory tracking will reduce container dwell times at the port quay, curbing energy overheads and eliminating costly reefer container demurrage penalties for regional traders.</p>