ADNOC Distribution Opens Al Qalaa Vehicle Inspection Center in Abu Dhabi

To Cover Baniyas, Mafraq, Mussafah Areas and Provide Services to Motorists on Abu Dhabi-Al Ain Road

Abu Dhabi-UAE: 05 January, 2015 - ADNOC Distribution has opened a new vehicle inspection center in Abu Dhabi to meet the evolving customer needs for comprehensive services such as issuing and renewing vehicle licenses. Al Qalaa Vehicle Inspection Center will cater to the needs of densely populated areas including Baniyas, Mafraq, and Mussafah, and also provide services to motorists on the Abu Dhabi-Al Ain Road.

Al Qalaa Center was inaugurated by Colonel Mohamed Mayouf Al Ketbi, Head of Vehicles and Driver’s Licensing Department at Abu Dhabi Police and Mohamed Obaid Al Dhaheri, Senior Vice President - Retail Sales representing ADNOC Distribution, in the presence of senior officers of Abu Dhabi Police as well as the ADNOC Group.

Commenting on this occasion, Abdulla Salem Al Dhaheri, CEO of ADNOC Distribution, said: “ADNOC Distribution continuously works to enhance its facilities and provide best-in-class services to our customers in line with the directives of our wise leadership. In order to achieve the highest standards of customer satisfaction, we are opening service centers closer to the vehicle owners. Our corporate customers will also benefit from such services in key business areas. We are additionally working on expanding our geographic reach across the length and breadth of Abu Dhabi for the greater convenience of our customers.”

Al Dhaheri added: “Our expansion strategy for 2015 aims to increase the number of vehicle inspection centers and to enhance the superior quality of services provided. ADNOC Distribution presently operates 18 vehicle inspection centers in the emirate of Abu Dhabi - six of these are in Abu Dhabi area, six centers are in the Western Region and a further six are in Al Ain.”

Al Qalaa Vehicle Inspection Center has the capacity to cater to 900 cars daily. The number of vehicles inspected at the center during the initial operations stage in December 2014 reached 4,000 cars. In keeping with the standard practices at the ADNOC Distribution network vehicles inspected at Al Qalaa are required to undergo mandatory safety tests prior to issuing and renewing vehicle licenses.