Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) announced that phase one of Khalifa port is on track to open in Q4 2012 at this week’s World Ports and Trade Summit held in the UAE capital.
Tony Douglas, CEO of ADP told the summit that work on the port was now 68% complete and will hand over Khalifa Port to ADT (Abu Dhabi Terminals) when it is completed late next year.
ADPC also said that Shanghai-based company ZPMC (Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd) has been awarded a $US52.4 million contract for six Super Post Panamax Ship to Shore Container Cranes for the port, taking its spending since November 2010 to US$192 million.
ADPC’s spending spree has included thirty automated stacking cranes from Konecranes Finland for US$116.98 million and twenty Terex Noell SC624E Diesel-Electric Straddle Carriers for $US22.9 million.
The STS cranes supplied by ZPMC are designed with a single hoist and a rated load of 110 tonnes that will support tandem lift operations in the future. An outreach of 65 metres and a lifting height of 44m under the spreader will secure the capacity required to handle Ultra Large Container Ships.
The terminal is designed to introduce fully automated transport on the quay at a later stage and for this reason the cranes are designed with a 38m back reach.
The Khalifa Port range over 4.5 sq km when completed. During phase one of its opening it will have a capacity of 2 million TEUs and 12 million tonnes of general cargo. This could be expanded to Khalifa 15 million TEUs and 35 million tonnes of general cargo per year by 2030.
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