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Activities at Qatar ports soar in August

Published: 02 Sep 2022 - 08:23 am | Last Updated: 02 Sep 2022 - 08:25 am
File photo used for representation only

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Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula

Qatar ports continue to report robust performance and have recorded an increase in overall numbers in August compared to July 2022.  

According to data released by Mwani Qatar yesterday, August witnessed a 4% increase in containers compared to last month. Also, general cargo, building materials and RORO volumes saw a growth of 55%, 25% and 15%, respectively, compared to July 2022.   

In August Hamad Port, Doha Port and Ruwais Port received 267 vessels; handled 121,873 containers; 100,866 tonnes of general cargo; 8,249 vehicles; 6,922 heads of livestock and 35,813 tonnes of building materials.

In July the number of ships it received was 241 while cars and equipment recorded 7,179 units, a growth rate of 30 percent compared to July 2021.