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The terminalista group Hutchison Port Holdings will manage the port of Ajman
Previewed an investment of beyond 54 million dollars over ten years
October 28, 2011
The terminalista group Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) of Hong Kong will manage the port of Ajman, in the United Arab Emirates, for a period ten-year-old beginning from the next January. The agreement is signed slid Wednesday to Ajman from the sheik Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Sultan Al Nuaimi, president of the department of the Ports and Customs of Ajman, and from the project manager for Asia, Africa and Middle East of HPH to the presence of the sheik Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, hereditary prince of Ajman.
The understanding previews that the terminalista group invests beyond 200 million dirham (54 million dollars) in the potenziamento of the port through participations which the dredging of the backdrops, the acquisition of crane and other means of handling and the introduction of technologies to the vanguard and electronic systems.
The sheik Abdullah Al Nuaimi has explained that HPH will contribute also to the development of the port through an effective program of marketing that promotes the port of call and allows to increase its activity, while the company will receive by the harbour and customs administration of Ajman the assistance and the support necessary in order to carry out at best own activity of management of the port and in order to increase the traffics and the volume of transactions. The sheik has added that the agreement includes the realization of programs of formation to the harbour job dedicated to citizens of the United Arab Emirates.
The port of Ajman is situated to about 25 kilometers from Dubay and ten kilometers from Sharjah. Currently the main docks of the port of call dedicated to the traffic of goods several are long altogether 1,250 meters and have areas of storage for 12,9 hectares.
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