Special Features
Dubai Flower Centre
Strategically located at Dubai International Airport, the Dubai Flower Centre is a new hub of growth for the floriculture industry in the 21st century. With the explosive growth in global trade of flowers and perishables, there is an increasing demand for innovative logistics and commercial solutions to enable the industry to reduce transit times, improve quality and grow profits.The Dubai Flower Centre has been designed to meet these needs. With construction on this ultramodern facility already underway, the first phase of operations, capable of handling up to 150,000 tons of flowers and perishables, is scheduled to go live in Autumn of 2005.
The Dubai Flower Centre is committed to delivering on this opportunity by providing:
- Increased capacity and connections to and from major global trading points
- Rapid consolidation and trans-shipment
- The world’s best cool chain management
- Resources and facilities to enable cost effective value-addition
- Facilities and support to enable efficient commercial transactions
The Dubai Flower Centre is located within the Dubai International Airport, and is managed by the Dubai Cargo Village, the Middle East’s award-winning airport cargo operation. Operational processes within the facility have been developed by the leading experts in the perishables logistics business, who have put into practice decades of experience working with the floriculture and perishables trade in Europe and Africa.
DFC Services
World Class Logistics Hub
The Dubai Flower Centre has been designed as a trans-shipment hub, with daily connections to and from almost any global destination, and processes designed to ensure the most rapid transit times possible. On-line transfers are possible in less than 60 minutes.
DFC Cool Chain
The key to the successful perishables logistics is an unbroken, high-quality cool chain. The Dubai Flower Centre is well aware of this, and has dedicated itself to developing and delivering the world’s most advanced cool chain, in any weather.
- Refrigerated transit vehicles between the facility passenger aircraft
- Temperature controlled dolly systems from cargo aircraft docking outside facility
- Vacuum cooling and forced air cooling facilities
- Specialised, segregated cold storage chambers
- Ethylene scrubbers
The Dubai Flower Centre is an ideal base to consolidate shipments and add value to perishable products. With the rapidly growing Middle East market at its doorstep, and rapid connections to European markets within a six-hour flight, Dubai is the perfect logistical base from which to pack flowers, fruits and vegetables for the end market. Dubai offers access to a strong base of well-trained labour at costs in Dubai that compare favourably with those in Africa and Asia.
Buying & Selling at DFC
More than just a logistics hub, the Dubai Flower Centre will also offer the floriculture industry a commercial base. Through the DFC Free Zone, exporters, importers and wholesalers can establish trading companies to transact in a tax, duty and exchange-control-free environment.
To support the development of trade links, DFC will provide a range of commercial and technical services to companies shipping through, or operating within, the facility, including:
- Market information
- Marketing Support
- Trading, Settlement and Credit Management
- Technical Services
- Market Information Services
Email: info@dubaiflowercentre.com
Website: http://www.dubaiflowercentre.com
