Saturday, February 16, 2013

GCC invest $36b in port development

The GCC countries are allocating $36 billion to further develop their port infrastructure amid increasing foreign non-oil trade volumes.

Saudi Arabia is powering ahead with port infrastructure development with more than $750 million allocated to Dammam's King Abdul Aziz Port, which includes the launch of a second hi-tech container terminal in 2015 with capacity for 1.8 million TEUs per annum. 

The Jizan Economic City project will also include port infrastructure plans while the northwestern port of Dhiba will get a new $46.4 million container terminal. Two additional terminals, valued at $38.4 million, are to be constructed at King Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail while Jeddah Islamic Port is forecasting an average increase of 10.9 percent through to 2016.


Read more: http://www.zawya.com/story/GCC_invest_USD36bn_in_port_development-ZAWYA20130216042854/

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