Doha: QTerminals, the terminal operating company providing services at Hamad Port, has made another achievement as its operations at Hamad Port achieved 4 million man-hours without any Lost Time Injury (LTI).
“We are very pleased to announce that on May 16, 2021, QTerminals (Hamad Port Operations) achieved 4 million man-hours without any Lost Time Injury (LTI),” QTerminals has tweeted.
Earlier on February 17 this year, QTerminals operations at Hamad Port had achieved 3 million man-hours without any Lost Time Injury (LTI) while the company had achieved 2 million man-hours without any Lost Time Injury (LTI) in Hamad Port operations on December 1 last year.
Hamad Port had achieved the milestone in workers’ safety in September 2020 when QTerminals’ operations at Hamad Port had achieved 1 million man-hours without any LTI.
In February this year QTerminals and its development partners had also announced that they reached 4 million man-hours without any Lost Time Injury (LTI) during the construction of Container Terminal 2 (CT2) at Hamad Port.
The initial operation of Hamad Port’s Container Terminal also began in December last year. CT2 development consists of four phases. Full operation of Phase 1 and 2 will start before the end of 2022, taking the port’s capacity to three million TEUs per year. Phases 3 and 4 will be developed later to raise the port’s operational capacity according to the local market’s needs.
The area of Phases 1 and 2 of Hamad Port’s CT2 is 380,000sqm and its quay is 624m long. Phase 1 of CT2 has been equipped with 3 STS quay cranes with advanced technology, including semi-automation and remote-control operations. STS cranes are known for being fast and extremely efficient in container handling and capable of handling latest types of vessels. Four more cranes will be added during 2021, taking the total number of cranes to seven.
In April this year, Hamad Port, Qatar’s gateway to the world, reached another milestone by hitting five million containers mark.
A Food Safety Lab, affiliated with Ministry of Public Health's Central Food Laboratories, was also inaugurated at Hamad Port in March 2021. The lab uses the latest internationally approved analysis techniques, to ensure the accuracy and safety of results, in a way that contributes to ensuring quality and safety of food in local market.
The lab includes ten test centres and a store of chemicals.
It aims to accelerate analysis and control of food, facilitate early release of food shipments, and reduce the storage burden on ports.
