Food security facilities at Hamad Port to operate soon

Doha, Qatar: The Strategic Food Security Facilities (SFSF) at Hamad Port, designed to provide substantial storage for rice, sugar, and edible oil suff...

Doha, Qatar: The Strategic Food Security Facilities (SFSF) at Hamad Port, designed to provide substantial storage for rice, sugar, and edible oil sufficient to support three million individuals for a duration of two years, are set to commence operations shortly, according to an official statement.

Eng. Nabil Al Khalidi, Executive Director of the Hamad Port Project, indicated that the construction of the SFSF project is nearing completion, with final inspections of the buildings currently in progress.

“The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is in the process to award tender for operating the facilities. I can say that the SFSF will be ready for operation within very few months and the same time it will be ready for use by all parties concerned to this system,” Al Khalidi said recently  during a Qatar TV programme.

In providing additional context regarding the project's background, he stated that a resolution was made in 2017 for the Ministry of Transport to take charge of the construction of Strategic Food Security Facilities.

“After long studies and communication with the partners concerned with this function or this sector of business, an agreement was reached to establish the facilities for storing three basic commodities, which are rice, edible oils, and sugar, with different capacities,” Al Khalidi added.