Dubai may have just ten days of fresh food supplies left, as the ongoing conflict in West Asia disrupts key shipping lanes and air cargo routes, a top logistics executive has warned.
Stefan Paul, CEO of global logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel, told Swiss broadcasterSRFon Thursday that the estimate is based on supply chain data monitored by his company.
The warning shows how the escalating war involving the United States, Israel and Iran is affecting global logistics chains and threatening food supplies in the Gulf states, where majority of them rely heavily on imports.
“In Dubai, for example, fresh products will last only about ten days," Paul the broadcaster.
He pointed out that air freight serving the Middle East has fallen 22 percent since February 28, while the disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz and partial suspension of Jebel Ali port, a key hub for perishable imports, have worsened the situation.
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Analyst Shanaka Anslem Perera also highlighted the growing concern in a post on X, explaining how disruptions to global transport routes could quickly affect fresh food supplies in Dubai. He noted that fresh produce such as vegetables, fruits, dairy and herbs has a very short shelf life and cannot be stored for long periods.
JUST IN: The CEO of one of the world’s largest logistics companies told Swiss broadcaster SRF on March 5 that Dubai has approximately ten days of fresh food left. That sentence has not appeared on a single major English-language front page. It should be the headline.Stefan…https://t.co/b5XTKxePsHpic.twitter.com/t2dA86YUMn
— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86)March 6, 2026
“These products have days of shelf life, not weeks or months. They cannot be rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope because the Cape of Good Hope adds four to six weeks to a transit and a strawberry does not survive four to six weeks in a container. When the routes close, the perishable category depletes in real time with no backstop," Perera noted.
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