A container terminal at Hamad Port.
The new figures released by Mwani Qatar yesterday indicate growing transshipment activity at Hamad Port as 30% of total containers in 2022 were transshipped.
“During the year of 2022, Mwani Qatar continued its efforts to transform Qatar into a vibrant regional trade hub by strengthening the role of Hamad Port as a pivotal gateway for transshipment in the region,” Mwani Qatar said in a tweet yesterday.
The three ports (Hamad Port, Ruwais Port, Doha Port) handled 1,435,252 containers, 1,596,826 tonnes of general cargo, 516,839 tonnes of building materials, 79,401 vehicles, 205,608 heads of livestock while 3,031 ships called at these ports, according to the latest data.
“A total of 4,28,021 TEUs (containers) were transshipped through the Hamad Port in 2022, representing 30% of the total containers handled during the year,” the Mwani Qatar tweeted.
Earlier in a report, Mwani Qatar had said that Qatar’s share in overall Middle East trade is expected to significantly increase with the robust technological infrastructure supporting Hamad Port’s second container terminal (CT2).
The Mwani Annual Report 2021 had further revealed the company’s ports achieved a container throughput of 1.57 million TEUs, 9% higher than the 1.44 million TEUs moved in 2020, with an increasing of 36% in the transshipments to reach 5,62,539 TEUs in the end of 2021.
Hamad Port’s strategic geographical location offers opportunities to create cargo movement towards the upper Gulf, supporting countries such as Kuwait and Iraq, and south towards Oman. In support of ongoing efforts to attract other shipping lines to the port, Hamad Port being positioned as a transshipment hub for the upper Gulf and Oman, QTerminals said on its website.
Hamad Port has led from the front in boosting Qatar maritime sector as it occupied the lion’s share in the overall port traffic. In another remarkable development, Hamad Port in 2021 became the first 5G-enabled seaport in the Middle East, after the completion of the 5G roll-out for Phase 1 at the port’s
Container Terminal 2 by Ooredoo.
From January to September 2022, the ports received 2,176 ships. The handling of vehicles (RORO units) totalled 59,539 units through the three ports during the same period. The containers, building materials, and livestock handling stood at 1,061,078 TEUs, 352,560 tonnes, and 127,316 heads respectively.
In August 2019, Hamad Port had been ranked among world’s top 120 container ports. Hamad Port had been placed at number 114 in top 120 container ports ranking of 2018. The capacity of Hamad Port will reach 7.5 million TEUs annually on completion of all construction phases.
