Qatar seeks to capture China’s growing Gulf logistics push as war disrupts trade routes

Qatar logistics firm says Chinese businesses need local infrastructure and operating partners as they move into warehousing, fulfilment and sales

“Diversification of supply chain is going ahead anyway, right across the world,” said Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Thani, a member of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family and chief executive of Qatar-based logistics solutions company WareOne.

As more companies move beyond shipping goods from China to holding inventory and selling locally, they face a more complicated operating environment.

“China has the most developed supply chain in the world, the question is no longer whether goods can move [but] who operates at the other end, which is GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council),” Sheikh Khalifa told the South China Morning Post on Thursday.