The settlement between Hafeet Rail and Progress Rail helps the event of a secure and sustainable Omani-Emirati railway community, with locomotives particularly designed to resist the area’s distinctive climatic and geographical circumstances.
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Hafeet Rail, the developer and operator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-Oman Rail Community, has partnered with Progress Rail, a Caterpillar firm, to provide 27 state-of-the-art EMD® SD70ACS heavy-haul freight locomotives. The locomotives can be customized to resist the area’s distinctive environmental circumstances whereas adhering to the very best international requirements of security, safety, sustainability and environmental safety. This occurred through the inaugural International Rail Transport Infrastructure Exhibition & Convention (International Rail) 2024.
This initiative is poised to spice up regional commerce and unlock new prospects within the infrastructure, transportation and logistics sectors of each international locations
Commenting on the announcement, Ahmad Al Musawa Al Hashmi, CEO of Hafeet Rail, stated “This partnership reaffirms our dedication to creating and working a state-of-the-art railway community geared up with cutting-edge heavy-haul freight locomotives that meet worldwide benchmarks. Moreover, our fleet is tailor-made to adjust to GCC Railway Community requirements, paving the way in which for environment friendly and streamlined freight motion between Oman and the UAE sooner or later.
“We’re eager on forging partnerships that resonate with our mission to offer aggressive freight options throughout the joint community. This initiative is poised to spice up regional commerce and unlock new prospects within the infrastructure, transportation and logistics sectors of each international locations, thereby enhancing financial diversification and fostering sustainable progress,” he added.
John Newman, president and CEO for Progress Rail, commented: “The GCC is geographically, financially and economically necessary on a world scale, and the UAE has been a driving contributor to the area’s progress. We’re proud to have been chosen to work with Hafeet Rail to additional join Oman and the UAE. Progress Rail has developed sturdy belief and relationships with our enterprise companions within the GCC by a long time of funding in merchandise, applied sciences and native groups. We significantly admire our relationship with Hafeet Rail and are trying ahead to persevering with our help of our clients’ progress within the GCC area.”
The joint rail community’s new fleet boasts high-power engines designed to haul a various vary of cargo. These trains, every roughly 2km lengthy, will transport varied railcars carrying bulk supplies, containers, petrochemicals, metallic merchandise and different industrial items. These locomotives will make sure the secure, safe and environment friendly motion of trains throughout the Oman-UAE railway community, assembly the wants of Hafeet Rail’s clients as soon as the community turns into operational.
Traversing distinctive terrain
The 27 locomotives are geared up with high-performance engines and superior filtration applied sciences, together with pulse and sand filtration methods, in addition to carbon emission discount applied sciences, aligning with Hafeet Rail’s dedication to environmental sustainability and carbon discount.
These trains, every roughly 2km lengthy, will transport varied railcars carrying bulk supplies, containers, petrochemicals, metallic merchandise and different industrial items
Progress Rail’s intensive expertise within the railway sector, particularly throughout the GCC, has enabled them to grasp the area’s particular necessities, permitting them to offer superior locomotives tailor-made to the native circumstances, along with its important international presence, serving quite a few international locations worldwide.
The signing of the contract for suppling the brand new fleet of locomotives follows the awarding of the principle contracts, the contracts for the methods and expertise for use within the mission, in addition to the graduation of preparatory work to develop the UAE-Oman railway community. This underscores Hafeet Rail’s dedication to accelerating the progress of finishing the primary rail connection within the GCC.
Hafeet Rail is a three way partnership between Etihad Rail, Oman Rail and Mubadala. Named after Jebel Hafeet, which hyperlinks Oman and the UAE, the corporate operates underneath the steering of each nations’ leaderships to reinforce their longstanding historic ties, aiming for unparalleled financial and industrial integration, and fostering sturdy social and cultural bonds.
Improvement and financial integration
The improved connectivity offered by the joint rail community will profit native producers and producers in each international locations by giving them higher entry to bigger markets, each domestically and internationally.
The joint rail community is a vital addition to the regional logistics sector and can play a task in stimulating varied industrial sectors and financial actions, by offering elevated industrial and funding alternatives, supporting the combination of port actions and connecting them to regional and worldwide markets, along with contributing to draw nationwide and overseas funding.
The mission is the primary rail community of its variety to attach two Gulf states and represents a elementary change within the transportation of products within the area.
Hafeet Rail will present key advantages that can assist to cut back prices, enhance the effectivity and effectiveness of transportation and make sure that logistics companies meet the wants of finish customers.
