The main part of our business is the supply of aggregate; however, it doesn’t stop there. We own two Quarries; one in Fujairah, UAE and the second is in Sohar,Oman. In addition, we also have arrangements with the port to ensure efficiency and guaranteed export of our material as well as contracts with transport companies in both UAE and in Oman to ensure delivery of our material to their respective ports. GPMC has its own shipping department who is responsible for chartering, operating and buying vessels. Stevedoring in Qatar is handled by QPMC, but we also have our own Stevedoring team and equipment as we previously discharged 1.2 million MT ourselves in Ruwais, north Qatar. Furthermore, we also have a fleet of trucks to ensure efficient delivery of the material to our clients’ yard, plant or doorstep.
We are proud to be collaborators for the esteemed project, where Gabbro aggregates supplied by GPMC is being used for this venture since October 2016 till date. The total material used to supply the project is approximately 1.8 million tons.
With the experience gained in stevedoring and transportation, we are fully capable of handling such operations for company bringing their barges for discharging at Al Ruwais or any other port in Qatar where such operations are called for. We have successfully supported Arabian Quarries in all their stevedoring and transportation arrangements for their barges discharging at Al Ruwais Port.
Our supplied aggregates are being used for the esteemed project executed by our clients since December 2016 to date. The project includes building of a 11km-long road comprising ten lanes and four future lane sections with additional collectors and distributor roads, frontage roads and ramps. Total Project Supply Value is approximately 1.1 million tons.
We were selected as exclusive partners to supply gabbro to We were awarded an exclusive stevedoring and transport contract for all services at Ruwais for the QPMC barges discharged for both Gabbro and Limestone between June 2016 to February 2017.Our turnaround time of discharge was maintained at 400 m/tons per hour per barge with excellent management of discharging 4 barges at a time. An approximate of 1.3 million tons of gabbro and approximately 500,000 ton of limestones were discharged.
As one of the main partners to supply gabbro to fulfil QPMC’s contribution to Qatar Strategic Planning Project between June 2016 and February 2017, we supplied QPMC with almost 1.3 million tons of Gabbro from Stevin Rock, Ras Al Khaimah Quarries.