Award for best business performance in supply chain and logistics
Dubai, November 10, 2010: Vopak Horizon Fujairah won the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business award for the Logistics & Supply Chain category.
His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, presented the award to Saeed Abdullah Khoory, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vopak Horizon Fujairah at the awards ceremony held in Dubai.
The MRM Business Awards are presented for businesses with proven excellence in leadership, strategy, customer, workforce and talent management, operations and processes, innovation, governance and corporate social responsibility outcomes.
Vopak Horizon Fujairah Chairman and ENOCs Group Chief Executive Saeed Abdullah Khoory said: We are honored to be recognized by MRM Business Awards, one of the most prestigious awards for our continuous contribution to the nations economic development and progress. The award is a reiteration of our commitment to best business practices and excellent performance.
Walter Moone, Managing Director, Vopak Horizon Fujairah said: "We express our sincere appreciation to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the Dubai Chamber for initiating the Business Award. The award is a reflection of our continuous drive for excellence and to maximise shareholder value while also focusing on sustainable growth, client satisfaction, innovation and maximizing human potential. The model that the Dubai Chamber has developed and the thorough evaluation by the assessors of the MRM Business Award assisted us to compare ourselves with best business practices and to further improve our business performance.
Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the awards were given to 16 companies in eight categories including manufacturing, finance, re-exports, construction, logistics and supply chain, all of which are operating in the UAE and free zones.
-Ends-
About Vopak Horizon Fujairah Limited
Vopak Horizon Fujairah Limited, established in 1998 caters to blending, break-bulk and consolidation of petroleum products. Strategically located at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz on the eastern side of United Arab Emirates (UAE) outside the Gulf, Vopak Horizon Fujairah is the leading storage and handling service provider for petroleum products in Fujairah.
The storage capacity of the terminal is about 1.5 million cubic meters and is aiming to add another 600,000 cubic meters as part of a phase VI expansion which is expected to be on-stream in the first quarter of 2012.
Vopak Horizon Fujairah handles the full spectrum of petroleum products such as Mogas, Reformate, Naphtha, Pygas, Gasoil, MTBE, Condensate, Fuel Oil, Jet Fuel and Kerosene. Bio-fuel such as Ethanol is also handled on request.
Services offered are receipt from and delivery to ships, homogenizing, additivation, inter-tank transfers, pipeline transfers to neighbouring terminals and ship to ship transfers.
The terminal can accept tankers of up to 175,000 d.w.t. Vopak Horizon Fujairah, designed to state-of the-art specifications, complies with the most stringent safety and environmental standards. (ISO 9001-2008 and ISO 14001-2004)
Vopak Horizon Fujairah is a joint venture between Royal Vopak, Horizon Terminals Ltd, the Government of Fujairah and Kuwaits Independent Petroleum Group.
Joint Venture Partners
Government of Fujairah
http://www.horizon-terminals.com/
http://www.vopak.com/
http://www.ipg.com.kw/
For more information please contact:
Mohammed Al Tawil/Sara Hamam
ASDAA Burson-Marsteller
Dubai, UAE, +971-4-3344550
m.altawil@asdaa.com / s.hamam@asdaa.com
Press Release 2010
