Container traffic at Abu Dhabi’s Mina Zayed port surged 36 percent last year to 530,000 containers despite a global recession, TradeArabia reported.
However, general cargo, which includes steel, timber, cement, grains and vegetable oil, fell by four percent. Motor vehicles handled at the port also fell by 59 percent to 38,000 units, compared with 93,000 last year.
The port is forecasting a container traffic growth of eight percent this year.