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Port-Side Storage

Storage at Jebel Ali

General storage beside Jebel Ali Port for cleared cargo waiting on a vessel, a truck or a delivery date.

Somewhere to Wait Beside the Port

Somewhere to Wait Beside the Port truck

General Storage at Jebel Ali

Most cargo at a port is not waiting because anyone wants it to. It is waiting for a vessel, a truck, a buyer, or a delivery slot - and waiting at the terminal is the most expensive way to do it. This is ordinary storage for goods that have already been cleared, a short road move from the quay. For goods you would rather hold before paying duty, use our bonded warehouse instead. There are practical reasons goods end up stored beside this particular port rather than elsewhere in Dubai, which we set out in why Jebel Ali suits warehouse storage. The work is run from our site inside Jebel Ali Free Zone, next to the port.

What It Is For truck

Cargo That Needs to Pause

Storage here is usually short and purposeful, sitting between two other movements.

  • Imports cleared and waiting on a delivery date
  • Exports staged ahead of a vessel cut-off
  • Consignments being consolidated before shipping
  • Goods waiting on a buyer or a payment
  • Overflow when your own space is full
  • Cargo between a sea leg and a road leg
What It Is For

Cargo Waiting at Jebel Ali? truck

Tell us what is landing and when it needs to move on

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The Cost of Waiting

Why Not Just Leave It at the Terminal

Terminal time and warehouse time are priced very differently, and the gap is what this service exists to close.

Demurrage and detention add up

Containers left at the terminal accrue charges that a warehouse does not. Moving cargo off the quay is usually the cheaper decision.

Containers can be released

Unloading into storage returns the box, which stops detention running and takes the pressure off the return deadline.

The goods stay accessible

Stock in our warehouse can be inspected, counted, repacked or partially released. Cargo sitting in a yard cannot.

It connects to the next leg

Storage feeds straight into road transport or an onward sea booking, without a second contractor.

Handled While It Waits

Handled While It Waits truck

More Than Floor Space

Goods rarely just sit. Most consignments need something doing to them before they move on.

  • Unloading and consolidation

    Containers stripped and cargo regrouped for onward movement, including cross stuffing between boxes.

  • Checking and counting

    Physical verification against the paperwork before goods go out, which is easier here than at a terminal.

  • Staged release

    Deliveries drawn down in parts against a schedule rather than released in one movement.

Why Cannata truck

Beside the Port, Inside One Company

The value of port-side storage is speed of turnaround, and that disappears when three companies have to coordinate.

Next to the terminal

A short move off the quay rather than a run across Dubai, which is what keeps demurrage down.

Customs in the same business

Clearance at Jebel Ali is our own service, so goods arrive already cleared by the team that stores them.

Onward on our own fleet

Road movement out of storage runs on our trucks, so the second leg is not a separate booking.

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Our FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What customers ask about storage at Jebel Ali.

No - this is general storage for cargo on which duty has already been paid. For goods you want to hold before paying duty, or that may be re-exported, use our bonded warehouse inside Jebel Ali Free Zone.

Yes. We can clear the cargo, move it off the quay and unload it into storage, which stops detention running on the container.

As long as needed. Most cargo here is waiting on a specific event - a vessel, a truck, a buyer - so stays tend to be short, but there is no fixed limit.

Yes. Stock can be drawn down against a schedule, with deliveries made in stages rather than the whole consignment moving at once.

Yes. Goods from different arrivals can be grouped, repacked or cross stuffed into a single outbound consignment before it leaves.

What the goods are, whether they are already cleared, how much space or how many pallets, when they land, and how long they are likely to wait before moving on.
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