HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah recently opened Fujairah Terminals’ expansion programme, which comprises both infrastructure developments and service enhancement projects for the East Coast UAE maritime hub.
Fujairah Terminals, part of Abu Dhabi Ports, has now passed a critical milestone in its long-term AED 1bn (US$ 273mn) programme for the development of multi-purpose terminal facilities within the port.
The completion of the expansion works, which commenced three years ago, will increase the terminal’s general cargo throughput to 1.3mn tonnes, provide a multi-purpose area of 25,000sqm for general cargo and Ro-Ro services and increase container capacity to 720,000 TEU, with a total of 110,000sqm of container terminal area. During the ceremony Sheikh Mohammed reviewed ongoing developments at the Fujairah Terminal, including the new customer happiness centre, X-ray scanning and custom inspection zones, engineering workshop and operations command centre.
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