Vocational society to be established for logistics sector

MUSCAT: A new initiative has been approved for addition to the existing 15 initiatives for the logistics sector.

The new initiative is related to establishing vocational society in coordination with stakeholders.

The approval came at the second meeting for the Logistic Sector Steering Committee held at the Ministry of Transport and Communications headquarters under the chair of Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salim Al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications to follow up the outcomes of the logistics sector lab to enhance the diversification of sector.

Initiatives

The meeting reviewed the logistics sector initiatives, the challenges facing such initiatives and the suitable solutions to ensure proper implementation.

The meeting also reviewed the performance of indicators and the necessary measures to develop and implement them.

Railway project

Challenges of the railway project, how to invest the strategic projects in pushing forward this project towards implementation to facilitate transport of goods to and from the Sultanate’s ports were also covered.

The Execution and Follow Up Support Unit is in charge of developing mechanisms and performance indicator to follow up the implementation of the sector initiative to ensure their implementation.