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In The NEWS RSA-TALKE breaks ground for Dubai chemicals facility
Left to right: Tariq Bin Ghalaita VP Europe and UAE, sales JAFZA; Abhishek Ajay Shah, director at RSA & RSA-TALKE; Talal Al Hashimi, COO JAFZA; Alfred Talke, group managing director TALKE; Ajay Indravaddan Shah, CEO RSA Logistics; and Abdulla Bin Damithan, director commercial department DP World
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he chemical logistics joint venture RSA-TALKE has broken ground for its new Dubai integrated chemicals facility. The multi-service site is designed for the handling of liquid chemicals, with ISO tank containers as the central element and will have a capacity of 1,800 TEU. It is located in Jebel Ali Free Zone, close to Dubai World Central where the company already operates two specialised warehouses for hazardous and non-hazardous chemical and petrochemical products. 8 | Logistics News ME | November 2015
The full-service facility specialises in the storage and handling of liquid chemicals in ISO tank containers. It is designed for both non-hazardous products and dangerous goods classes three to six and eight and nine and complies with the highest safety, environmental protection and quality standards. In addition, RSA-TALKE offers the filling and re-filling of these products into IBCs or drums. The range of services also includes cleaning, inspection and
approval of ISO tank containers. The facility also entails additional warehouses, bringing RSA-TALKE’s total capacity for the storage of packed non-hazardous and hazardous chemical products to around 39,000 pallet spaces. The construction of this ISO tank facility completes the company´s portfolio of chemicals logistics in the region. RSA-TALKE was established in 2013 as a joint venture between Dubai based RSA Logistics and the German TALKE-Group