Abu Dhabi's Khalifa Port marks key shipment, safety milestones
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Abu Dhabi-based Khalifa Port has announced that its CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal has accomplished over 800,000 hours without the lost-injury time and surpassed the 540,000 TEUs mark since its operational soft launch last April.
The shipment and safety milestones were announced on the occasion of its first year anniversary.
Based at Abu Dhabi Port’s flagship port, Khalifa Port, the terminal is the result of a 35-year lease agreement between Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) and Abu Dhabi Ports.
Serving as a regional base for Cosco Shipping Ports’ global network of 48 terminals, the Dh1.1 billion ($299 million) deep-water, semi-automated container terminal has achieved the important benchmarks after successfully handling 416 vessels, including some of the world’s largest, together with 312,000 cargo movements.
Commencing full operations in November 2019, and with a design capacity of 2.5 million TEU, CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal is the first international greenfield subsidiary of Cosco Shipping Ports, whose parent company, China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited, is the largest integrated shipping enterprise in the world.
The two records for safety and TEUs were simultaneously achieved ahead of schedule in February and March, respectively.
Abu Dhabi Ports Group CEO Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi said: "Reaching these key safety and operational milestones is a tremendous achievement for CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal and demonstrates our commitment to helping position Abu Dhabi as one of the world’s premier logistics and trade hubs."
"Our long-term strategic partnership with Cosco Shipping Ports is bearing fruit thanks to the directives and support of our leadership, and these impressive results demonstrate Abu Dhabi’s strength in enabling international trade by handling and moving high volumes of cargo efficiently and safely," he added.-TradeArabia News Service
