The Port is extremely large and located in an industrial area not far from the city of Dubai.
More words to follow tomorrow in the daily summary.
CBH MIDDLE EAST STUDY TOUR, 21-29 SEPTEMBER 2012
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Jebel Ali Port - Dubai, UAE
On the way back from Abu Dhabi we took the opportunity to drop in at the Jebel Ali Port where Al Ghurair Resources has a large amount of grain processing and oil refining investment.
The Port is extremely large and located in an industrial area not far from the city of Dubai.
More words to follow tomorrow in the daily summary.
The Port is extremely large and located in an industrial area not far from the city of Dubai.
More words to follow tomorrow in the daily summary.
Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority - Abu Dhabi, UAE
Some photos of the visit to Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority. Abu Dhabi is a 2 hr bus ride from Dubai on a 4 lane (each way) highway with a maximum 140km hr speed limit in parts. Our bus couldn't handle that and we sat in the slow lane the whole way.
Key discussion topics were around food security and how we could work together to contribute to strategic reserves of grain as a food security initiative.
More words to follow tomorrow.
We also had an impromptu meeting with the Abu Dhabi Fund For Development, also on the topic of food security, as they are about to commission a 300,000mt silo grain storage facility at a local port. The cost of development was in the order of USD1.5 billion.
Key discussion topics were around food security and how we could work together to contribute to strategic reserves of grain as a food security initiative.
More words to follow tomorrow.
We also had an impromptu meeting with the Abu Dhabi Fund For Development, also on the topic of food security, as they are about to commission a 300,000mt silo grain storage facility at a local port. The cost of development was in the order of USD1.5 billion.
Day five (Tuesday) : daily summary
Author : Mike Wake, Esperance
1. plan, set goals and buy in expertise : Lunch at Bastakiam Nights restaurant with Pankaj Savara from the WA Trade Office. Pankaj explained how he handles 62 countries in his Middle East and Africa portfolio. Example, Yemen is a conservative country, compared to the UAE who set 5year plans and made it all happen.
2. Confirmed mechanism and bring in the best management in the world (oil = money no limit). Visited IFFCO Emirates Grain Products, spoke with production manager Mr Mayloob Ahmed about their gravity feed process which saves energy, they are on a small area of land, at Port, with a staff of 28, versus Oman Flour Mill with a staff of 180, 5km from Port, with a lot of manual handling.
3. Build relationships with farm base in Australia. Grain straight from farm, expressed desire of CEO Djamal Djouhri of Al Ghurair Resources. When questioned CBH does qualify for this but not sure of the genuine desire to assist farmer, versus access to grain. We need expertise and support.
4. IFFCO MD Sanjeev Bhatia investing in the future preference for grain from the east coast of Australia, as it has better protein and gluten than west coast wheat, so a better baking result.
5. Pankaj Savara, land shrinking in urbanizing India, Pakistan, also by salinity and encroaching pollution in China.
Conclusion for the day, visualize a dynamic future. Stop whinging and start pitching for our strategic advantage by taking control and adding value. You can't do for people what they could and should do for themselves. Australia is a great land of opportunity. Adopt a can do attitude , so that whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon must enviably come to pass.
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1. plan, set goals and buy in expertise : Lunch at Bastakiam Nights restaurant with Pankaj Savara from the WA Trade Office. Pankaj explained how he handles 62 countries in his Middle East and Africa portfolio. Example, Yemen is a conservative country, compared to the UAE who set 5year plans and made it all happen.
2. Confirmed mechanism and bring in the best management in the world (oil = money no limit). Visited IFFCO Emirates Grain Products, spoke with production manager Mr Mayloob Ahmed about their gravity feed process which saves energy, they are on a small area of land, at Port, with a staff of 28, versus Oman Flour Mill with a staff of 180, 5km from Port, with a lot of manual handling.
3. Build relationships with farm base in Australia. Grain straight from farm, expressed desire of CEO Djamal Djouhri of Al Ghurair Resources. When questioned CBH does qualify for this but not sure of the genuine desire to assist farmer, versus access to grain. We need expertise and support.
4. IFFCO MD Sanjeev Bhatia investing in the future preference for grain from the east coast of Australia, as it has better protein and gluten than west coast wheat, so a better baking result.
5. Pankaj Savara, land shrinking in urbanizing India, Pakistan, also by salinity and encroaching pollution in China.
Conclusion for the day, visualize a dynamic future. Stop whinging and start pitching for our strategic advantage by taking control and adding value. You can't do for people what they could and should do for themselves. Australia is a great land of opportunity. Adopt a can do attitude , so that whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon must enviably come to pass.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Day four (Monday) : daily summary
Author : Jeff Pearse, Wubin
Oman / Salalah appears to be expanding very quickly and would be a great country to do more business with. However we would be competitive with countries much closer and be prepared to lower prices using subsidies such as India and Turkey. Price is king and quality is a complex juggling act. Barley for human consumption needs to be white. That's it. All labs in flour mills we've seen use the same equipment and processing that we use at CBH.
Salalah flour mills have 450,000mt a year throughput with wheat sourced from India and Turkey. They are producing 1500tonne a day of flour and 13 tonne per day of pasta using very modern infrastructure.
The Salalah port authority focus on safety has meant that in the last 3 years the LTI rate has improved from 45 to 12. This year only 2 LTI's and they are proud of this achievement. The Salalah port has grown from 650 containers in 1998 to 4 million in 2011 making it the 29th largest in the world. A 20 year expansion plan will vastly increase the capacity, all of this in an area surrounded by Somalia and Yemen, quite a contrast.
Some interesting local facts are that there are lots of roads, lots of cars, lots of car dealerships, which is helped by fuel being 40c per litre.
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Oman / Salalah appears to be expanding very quickly and would be a great country to do more business with. However we would be competitive with countries much closer and be prepared to lower prices using subsidies such as India and Turkey. Price is king and quality is a complex juggling act. Barley for human consumption needs to be white. That's it. All labs in flour mills we've seen use the same equipment and processing that we use at CBH.
Salalah flour mills have 450,000mt a year throughput with wheat sourced from India and Turkey. They are producing 1500tonne a day of flour and 13 tonne per day of pasta using very modern infrastructure.
The Salalah port authority focus on safety has meant that in the last 3 years the LTI rate has improved from 45 to 12. This year only 2 LTI's and they are proud of this achievement. The Salalah port has grown from 650 containers in 1998 to 4 million in 2011 making it the 29th largest in the world. A 20 year expansion plan will vastly increase the capacity, all of this in an area surrounded by Somalia and Yemen, quite a contrast.
Some interesting local facts are that there are lots of roads, lots of cars, lots of car dealerships, which is helped by fuel being 40c per litre.
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Al Ghurair Resources - Dubai, UAE
Have posted a shot of our meeting with Al Ghurair in Dubai. CBH have a good trading relationship with them and they are both traders and end users, with processing operations in the Middle East, including UAE, Lebanon, Algeria, but also in Sudan and Sri Lanka.
This meeting followed an excellent lunch in a traditional style restaurant close to the meeting place.
This meeting followed an excellent lunch in a traditional style restaurant close to the meeting place.
IFFCO - Sharjah, UAE
Some photos of our visit to IFFCO at Port Khalid in Sharjah. IFFCO is a significant food manufacturer in the Gulf region in all aspects of food and beverage. 
Salalah, Oman - Salalah Port tour
I have posted a few pictures of the Port tour of Salalah Port. Proudly in the top 30 ports in the world and seeking more business. This terminal handles 3.5 million TEU's with capacity for more. It also host the vessels serving from various countries in the anti piracy task force, due to the geographical location of the piracy activity.
More words to follow later in the daily summary.
More words to follow later in the daily summary.
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