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Saturday is inaugurated the new port of Khalifa
The harbour activities in the field of the container carried out Mina Zayed will be transferred
September 3, 2012
With the arrival past saturday of portacontainer the MSC Bari, long ship 366 meters and of the cargo ability of 14.000 teu, is inaugurated the operating activity to the new port of Khalifa (Abu Dhabi), port of call in which is transferred the harbour activities in the field of the container carried out Mina Zayed ( on 20 July 2010).
The work for the realization of the new port is started four years and means make. With the completion of the first phase of the project the landing place has an ability to traffic of the container pairs to 2,5 million teu and an ability to traffic of other goods several pairs to 12 million tons. According to the forecasts, the entire project will be carried to term in 2030 when the port of call has a total ability to 15 million teu and of the 35 million one several tons of other goods.
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