Special Features
Dubai Ports
Dubai’s Ports at Port Rashid (35 berths) in Dubai City and Jebel Ali (71 berths), south of the city, play a pivotal role in trade in the UAE. In particular, Jebel Ali, which primarily handles bulk cargo and industrial material for Jebel Ali Free Zone, is the largest port in the country and the largest man-made port in the world.Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) handled 6.25 million tonnes of general cargo in 2004, achieving a 20 per cent growth rate and an increase of 1.035 million tonnes over 2003. Goods entering through Dubai’s ports comprised 81 per cent of the total,which amounted to 5.088 million tonnes in 2004, an increase of 27 per cent.
Exports comprised 14 per cent of total tonnage or 869,000 tonnes, an increase of 12 per cent over 2003. The ports handled about 5.15 million containers in 2004, in comparison with just 1.6 million in 1993. This strong growth, assisted in no small way by the busy construction industry in Dubai, has continued into 2005.
DPA achieved 22 per cent growth in container traffic during the first half of 2005 and presently ranks tenth in the world, having handled a total of 3,631,108 TEUs in the first six months of the year. During the same period, DPA handled 7651 vessels of all types, which was an 11 per cent increase over 2004. Container vessels made up 3279 of the total vessels, marking a 34 per cent increase over 2004.
The growth in throughput is in line with DPA’s 25 per cent year-on-year growth in volume, which has been substantiated by the completion of the first phase of the four-phase, Dh4.6 billion expansion project at Jebel Ali. On completion in 2020, the port will have 82 berths equipped with 125 quayside cranes and supporting yard equipment, and will be able to handle 21.8 million containers a year.
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