Khalifa Port ميناء خليفة | |
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Location | |
Country | Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
Location | Abu Dhabi |
Coordinates | 24°50′00″N 54°40′00″E / 24.83333°N 54.66667°E |
UN/LOCODE | AEKHL[1] |
Details | |
Opened | 2012 |
Owned by | Abu Dhabi Ports |
Type of harbour | Containers, Reefers, General Cargo, Dry & Liquid Bulk, Ro/Ro and Project cargo |
Statistics | |
Annual container volume | 2.5 million TEUs |
Website Abu Dhabi Ports Abu Dhabi Terminals |
Khalifa Port (Arabic: ميناء خليفة) is the Abu Dhabi Ports' flagship deepwater port. It is a gateway to Abu Dhabi and handles all of the emirate’s container traffic. The transfer of container traffic from Zayed Port was completed in December 2012.[2]
Khalifa Port has a Phase 1 capacity of 2.5 million TEUs and 12 million tonnes of general cargo a year and an expected capacity of 15 million TEUs and 35 million tonnes of general cargo by 2030.[3]
After a three-month transition of container operations from Abu Dhabi's Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi Ports' Khalifa Port was officially inaugurated by the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on 12 December 2012.[4]