Jordan’s Logistics & Shipping Industry in 2015-2016
“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).
“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), the top cargo gateway to the Levant.
“Till then, we consider this period as the perfect time to prepare and we have worked a lot with Jordan customs to improve the clearance process of in-transit cargo to ensure we have the best value proposition when the market reopens.”