如何确保中东的全球贸易和物流优势

The World Governments Summit is a global platform dedicated toshaping the future of governments worldwide. Each year, the Summitsets the agenda for the next generation of governments with a focuson how they can harness innovation and technology to solve universalchallenges facing humanity.The World Governments Summit is a knowledge exchange center atthe intersection of government, futurism, technology, and innovation.It functions as a thought leadership platform and networking hub forpolicymakers, experts and pioneers in human development.The Summit is a gateway to the future as it functions as the stage foranalysis of future trends, concerns, and opportunities facing humanity.It is also an arena to showcase innovations, best practice, and smartsolutions to inspire creativity to tackle these future challenges.To Inspire And EnableThe Next GenerationOf GovernmentsWorld Governments Summit Table of ContentsExecutive SummarySection 1:Challenges Around the Middle East’s Role as a Global Trading andLogistics HubSection 2:How National Transformation Programs Can Contribute MoreEffectively to the Middle East’s Transport and Logistics NeedsSection 4:Conclusion: Securing the Middle East’s Future as an InternationalCommercial HubSection 3:Cross-Border Collaboration Between Middle Eastern CountriesIs Essential to Transform the Region’s Transport and LogisticsTopicsTable of Contents 0610204232 Executive Summary For centuries, the Middle East has acted asa global trading and logistics hub due toits location at the intersection of Europe,Asia, and Africa. Since the First World War,the discovery of vast onshore and offshoreoil and gas reserves has reinforced theregion’s strategic importance. Today, theMiddle East—covering, in this report, thesix GCC countries plus Egypt—remains anindispensable conduit for global trade flows.For example, in 2023, around 12% of globaltrade volumes passed through the RedSea, according to data compiled by the USCongressional Research Service (CRS).1TheInternational Energy Agency (IEA) estimatesthat in 2023, around 30% of the world’straded oil and around 20% of all liquefiednatural gas (LNG) was shipped via the Straitof Hormuz.2The resilience of the Middle East’s tradingand logistics landscape, which also includesfast-growing land and air cargo traffic,is remarkable given the series of recentexternal shocks that have affected worldtrade in general and the region specifically.The COVID-19 pandemic and the Red Seacrisis have both placed severe strain on tradeflows and supporting infrastructure acrossthe Middle East, with shipping costs andinsurance rates rising sharply between 2020and 2024.3The Suez Canal obstruction in2021 and the Ukraine conflict have added tothis pressure.Fortunately, these recent challenges havefurther spurred Middle Eastern governmentsand policymakers to upgrade and expandexisting capabilities to secure the region’sstatus as one of the world’s leading tradingand logistics centers. One recent example isthe UAE’s launch, in February 2025, of theEmirates Council for Logistics Integration.4The council aims to reinforce the country’spivotal position in global trade and increasethe annual revenue from the UAE’s logisticsindustry from $35 billion to $54.4 billionby 2032. This report focuses on how Middle Easterncountries’ national transformation programscan be leveraged to navigate structural andpractical obstacles, such as:•Limited cross-border collaboration inlogistics between Middle Eastern countries•Limited intermodal integration betweenmaritime, aviation, rail and road logistics•Shortage of skilled logistics personnel•Limited alignment of Middle Easternlogistics companies with internationalsustainability regulations.Two factors make transformation programssuch as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030,5We theUAE 2031,6and Qatar’s National Vision 2030well adapted to develop world-leading tradingand logistics capabilities throughout theMiddle East.Firstly, all these programs correctly seeinvestment in logistics as a critical enablerof national modernization and economicgrowth, while recognizing that greaterregional collaboration is an important partof realizing the sector’s full potential. Withthis goal in mind, Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) countries hold regular joint dialoguescovering a wide cross-border logistics agenda,such as strengthening regional land transportstrategies and aligning transport regulations.Secondly, these national programs envisagesignificant and continuing public and privatesector investment in infrastructure, much ofwhich will incorporate new technologies thatoften leverage artificial intelligence (AI).Nonetheless, a greater degree of collaborativethinking is still needed to turn a series ofnational initiatives into a coordinated regionaleffort to secure the Middle East’s historictrading and logistics advantage for futuregenerations. To be clear, there has beenprogress on specific cross-border projectsrecently, despite significant economic andgeopolitical head