Hamad Port offers opportunities to create cargo movement towards the upper Gulf, supporting countries such as Kuwait and Iraq and south towards Oman – plays a vital role in diversifying Qatar’s economy.
Doha, Qatar: Mwani Qatar ports (Hamad Port, Doha Port, Ruwais Port) handled 95,963 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) containers, while the number of ships calling on Qatar’s three ports stood at 197 in June 2023.
The ports also received 21,688 tonnes of general and bulk cargo shipments, 7,543 units of vehicles, 23,723 heads of livestock and 41,140 tonnes of building materials last month. A recent tweet stated that Mwani Qatar received 95,963 TEUs in June 2023, 1 percent growth over last month. RORO volumes recorded a growth of 21 percent during the month to reach 7,543 units.
The container terminals have been designed to address the increasing trade volume, enhancing ease of doing business as well as supporting the achievement of economic diversification, which is one of the most important goals of the Qatar National Vision 2030.
Separately, according to a tweet by QTerminals, a terminal operating company of Hamad Port, 113 vessels called at Hamad Port in June 2023. Hamad Port handled 94,789 TEUs containers, 19,337 freight tonnes of break bulk cargo, 7,539 RORO (vehicles) units in last month.
Hamad Port, which offers opportunities to create cargo movement towards the upper Gulf, supporting countries such as Kuwait and Iraq and south towards Oman – plays a vital role in diversifying Qatar’s economy and making it more competitive in line with Qatar National Vision 2030 goals. It is gateway to marine tourism and plays a major role in promoting marine tourism.
The General Cargo Terminal is designed to handle dry and cold storage cargo and has capacity to handle 7 million tonnes of general cargo such as machinery, steel, dry bulk, building materials, fertilisers, and petrochemicals products.
Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar) received 227 vessels in May 2023, an increase of 6 percent over the same period last year. Livestock and building materials registered a growth of 727 percent and 95 percent respectively, compared to May 2022, to reach 48,930 heads and 62,456 tonnes.
Recently, Mwani Qatar, in association with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), announced the inauguration of the new weekly shipping line connecting Hamad Port directly to ports on the Indian subcontinent, the Red Sea, and the Western Mediterranean region.
The development will help meet the growing demand of Qatar’s export market, as the new MSC line will contribute to enhancing trade exchange via connections to worldwide destinations.
Besides maritime connectivity, the new shipping line offers fast and cost-effective transit, reducing the time it takes to get ships from these ports.
