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Government plans early completion of new port
(Gulf Times)
January 23, 2014
Qatar is planning to advance the completion of its mammoth QR27bn New Doha Port coming up near Mesaieed by 2020 rather than the original deadline of 2030 as the country heads towards hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022.
Attempt is being made to “merge the first and second phases” of the project so as to complete the third phase of a total container capacity of 6mn TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers by 2020 itself, HE the Transport Minister Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti briefed the weekly cabinet meeting chaired by HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday ...... Read more on Gulf Times
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