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Arabian Establishment for Trade & Shipping Ltd (AET) (ID: 7279)
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In 1963 HRH Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Al Saud acquired the shipping & trading business of Gellatley Hankey, a long established agency in Jeddah, and formed the Arabian Establishment for Trade & Shipping Limited. With a commitment to high standards the newly-formed company rapidly expanded and in the process diversified into other related businesses. Nowadays the company is not only a major shipping agency, with the added prestige of being the Lloyds Agents for Saudi Arabia, but also operates a very successful clearing and forwarding division. In Jeddah AET also owns a modern container repair and storage depot. The spectacular growth of Saudi Arabian commerce and the rapid modernization of the ports created excellent opportunities for AET. As a result AET ranks as one of the largest and most substantial shipping agency networks in Saudi Arabia with offices in all the country s major commercial and industrial ports. Representation of some of the most high profile international liner operators and ship owners forms the mainstay of AET s shipping activities kingdomwide. This is complemented by an extremely efficient and diverse ships services division, which handles tanker operation's at all of the terminals in the Kingdom. As a part of the SIGMA (Saudi Investment Group & Marketing) Group the Shipping Division also has access to a wide range of related services from the associate companies within SIGMA. Travel, air-cargo, LCL, storage and cargo consolidation and re-distribution are some of the services available. AET s management considers it an essential priority to identify closely with the commercial objectives of its principals and works hand in hand with individual ship owners and operators to achieve this aim. A major portion of AET s liner cargo portfolio is container-oriented and our internal organization has been specially designed to provide full back up and information service for all the clients we serve. The port of Jeddah has been in existence for more the 2000 years and its strategic location, midway through the Red Sea, has ensured prosperity since its foundation. The Owners of the Arabian Establishment for Trade & Shipping Limited choose Jeddah as the ideal base for their shipping activities and established the Head Office close to Jeddah Islamic Port in 1962 Geared to providing ship owners with the high standard of service expected of today s ship agent, AET rapidly set up of offices in all the major ports of Saudi Arabia. Manned by professional staff with the necessary expertise and knowledge to handle all aspects of ship agency work, AET prides itself on the quality of its teamwork, vitally important in ensuring a fast, efficient turnaround of the many ships entrusted to our care. Close co-operation with the Saudi Ports Authority Customs Coastguards and stevedoring companies is an essential feature of this teamwork. AET maintains its competitive edge with round-the-clock agency service attendance so that ship owners can be sure their vessels receive first-class attention throughout their port stay. Our boarding agents, all highly-qualified experienced Saudi nationals, are responsible to the Operations Managers and are AET s direct link with the ships we handle. Today AET acts as agents for a wide variety of ocean-going vessels ranging from container ships, general cargo vessels and car transporters to oil tankers, bulk product vessels as well as passenger and navy ships. AET has always maintained a close liaison and an excellent working relationship, with marine officials, stevedores and container terminal operators resulting in a quality of service second-to-none in Saudi Arabia; a claim amply supported by the many years of continuous association AET has enjoyed with some of the worlds major ship operators. In 1986 the AET Container Terminal was opened for the storage of empty and full containers. The 125,000 sq. metre, purpose-built depot, constructed to full international standards and located in close proximity to the Jeddah Islamic Port, gives container line operators a secure site to store and repair their boxes. Well-trained operations staff, backed by a Lloyds-approved repair squad, operate the terminal on a 24 hour basis. The Terminal s security staff, assisted by computerized control and reporting system, ensure container are properly checked and tracked whilst they are in AET s care. The fully-equipped container repair workshop, offering repairs to I.I.C.L. standard IV together with up-to-date container washing and cleaning facilities, means that box operators are confident that their containers leave Jeddah ready for immediate re-use anywhere in the world. A cross section of container operators regularly use the AET Container Terminal to manage the care of their containers in Saudi Arabia. For major shipping lines the terminal developed and introduced online interactive traveling system which enables major news to access the container control system at will for up to the minute contains control system station. This service can be updated to interface with any computer generated control system. AET also owns a modern container repair and storage depot. Arabian Establishment for Trade & Shipping Ltd (AET)