SUPPLY CHAIN west and the Arabian Gulf to the east . “
To give a flavour of the size of the operation it is worth looking at some of the major contracts Aldrees services . The largest customers include Saudi Arabia ’ s leading petrochemical company SABIC , for which Aldrees transports liquid chemicals in stainless steel tanks and solid petrochemicals like polypropylene , polyethylene and PVC in bulk and bags , and the minerals group Maaden whose product includes sulphuric acid at 98 percent concentration as well as phosphoric acid and caustic soda – hazardous chemicals that require stainless steel and rubber coated tanks . Aldrees also undertakes transportation of Maaden ’ s oil supplies and moves minerals like copper , gold and zinc in containers to Jeddah port for export .
A new product line for Aldrees recently has been the transportation in tipper units of the refinery SATORP ’ s by-product of pet coke to Jubail Industrial Port , part of an ongoing expansion of the relationship between these two companies . For the National Industrialization Company Tasnee , a demanding new departure is transporting butyl acrylate in special insulated stainless steel tanks , again to Jubail Port .
Cement is an important export commodity for Saudi Arabia , and Aldrees is involved in moving Northern Cement Company ’ s product in bulk to their customers all over the kingdom as well as keeping the cement plant supplied with petrol , diesel and HFO , which calls for specialised
CEO Engr . Abdulilah Saad Aldrees
Assistant General Manager Eng . Mohamed Yousri Hanno
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