UAE container terminal prepares for expansion

The Khalifa Port Container Terminal, strategically located between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, will take delivery of new equipment and increase its overall annual container handling capacity from 1.9 million TEUs to 2.5 million TEUs.    The Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT) at Khalifa Port in the United Arab Emirates will take delivery of new equipment in 2016 and 2017 as part of a new phase of expansion that will increase the terminal’s annual throughput capacity from 1.9 million TEUs to 2.5 million TEUs, the terminal’s operator Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) said.
   New equipment for the terminal will include three additional ship-to-shore gantry cranes and 10 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes.
   KPCT has the capability to further expand its annual throughput capacity to 5 million TEUs, according to ADT.
   ADT projects a total of 1.5 million TEUs will pass through KPCT in 2015, a sharp increase from last year’s throughput of 1.14 million TEUs. Currently, the terminal is at 78 percent of its handling capacity.
   KPCT, which was officially inaugurated in December 2012, supports approximately 20 weekly container line services and more than 50 international destinations.
   ADT, whose core business is the management and operation of KPCT, is jointly owned by Abu Dhabi Ports, Mubadala and Mubadala Infrastructure Partners.