Jebel Ali, the world’s largest man made harbour and the biggest port in the Middle East, is all set to take over the full cargo business of Port Rashid with the completion of Terminal 2-expansion project in February.
Business at Port Rashid, which was established in 1972, is being scaled down because DP World has moved its general and non-containerised cargo handling operations to its flagship facility at Jebel Ali Port, a senior official at DP World said.
“Following requests from the customers to move to new container terminal at Jebel Ali, most of the containerised cargo handled at Port Rashid has already moved to Jebel Ali Port.”
“Staff and equipment associated with general and non-containerised cargo handling similarly re-located to Jebel Ali Port by the end of March,” he said.
Port Rashid handled around 800,000 TEUs in 2007. The port handled around 1.2 million TEUs in 2006 and it was the maximum throughput to date before starting moving its cargo business to Jebel Ali Port.
“Some container handling capacity remains at Port Rashid and cruise ships and ferries are still using Port Rashid.”
The port, which had only two gantry cranes and a capacity of less than 100,000 TEUs initially, still has six gantry cranes and a capacity of 1,000,000 TEUs.
Adjacent to the port are Dubai Drydocks and Dubai Maritime City. Both of these facilities were built due to Port Rashid’s proximity. But, in January 2008, it was announced that the port would be redeveloped and all cargo operations will be moved to Jebel Ali Port this year.
New role
Jebel Ali Port supplemented Port Rashid in early 1980s and now looks set to take full cargo business of Port Rashid. At present, Phase 2 of Terminal 2 expansion project is underway and will be completed early next year.
“The project will bring one million TEUs online in August this year. Another one million TEUs capacity will be available in October. Phase 2-expansion project will be completed in February 2009 when another one million TEUs will be added to the port’s capacity in February 2009,” said Mohammed Al Muallem, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, DP World-UAE.
After expansion, Jebel Ali Port will have an additional 2,500 metres of quay length with a draft of 17 metres. This will enable the port to cater for the new generation of mega ships (12,000 + TEUs).
Terminal 2-expansion project spreads over more than 1,400,000 square metres. With seven berths and a total capacity of five million TEUs, Jebel Ali Port will see capacity rise to 14-15 million TEUs. Similar to Terminal 1, Terminal 2 will be used for both import and export cargo and transshipment business.
DP World officially launched operations at Phase 1 of Terminal 2 in August last year. Phase 1, which adds three more berths, increases the port’s total handling capacity by two million to around 11 million TEUs.
“Implementation and installation of the 18-rail mounted gantries and the eight tandem lift gantry cranes was carried out successfully as part of the expansion, and we are planning to add 21 more tandem lifts and 42 rail mounted gantries by the end of the project,” Al Muallem said.
“Today, Jebel Ali is a technologically advanced facility and employs state-of-the-art equipment, including the world’s largest gantry cranes, capable of lifting four 20-foot containers or two 40-foot containers simultaneously,” he added.
“Jebel Ali is the largest port between Rotterdam and Singapore. It has been voted ‘Best Seaport in the Middle East’ for 13 consecutive years,” he said.
New e-services
DP World is all set to launch fully automated system to avoid physical visits to documentation centres, eliminate paper work and clear the transactions in minimum possible time.
“Shipping Lines want to keep their ships on move while traders like to clear their containers as early as possible. DP World caters the needs of both the segments of its customers through state-of-the-art equipment at ports and better online services,” Al Muallem said.
Gate Automation: He said a new gate technology initially is recently introduced at Jebel Ali’s Terminal 2 and will also available to Terminal 1 soon.
“Gate Automation will eliminate manual intervention and paper work at Terminal Gates,” he said adding that around 6,000 registered trucks with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag will be ready to serve by the end of this month,” he said.
e-token: Besides this, DP World introduced e-token service in November last year for delivery and receipt of containers at Port Rashid and Jebel Ali Container Terminals.
e-payment: e-payment service was introduced in March this year. The service allows consignees and their selected clearing & forwarding agents to pay port charges for their imported containers on line.
World’s first simulator: DP World’s UAE region has introduced a special simulator at its flagship Jebel Ali port to train operators on the use of giant Tandem Lift cranes that are capable of handling four 20-foot containers or two 40-foot containers simultaneously. The device is the first of its kind in the world. In addition to Tandem Lift cranes, operators will also be able to train on standard, rubber-tyred or rail mounted gantry cranes.
Business at Port Rashid, which was established in 1972, is being scaled down because DP World has moved its general and non-containerised cargo handling operations to its flagship facility at Jebel Ali Port, a senior official at DP World said.
“Following requests from the customers to move to new container terminal at Jebel Ali, most of the containerised cargo handled at Port Rashid has already moved to Jebel Ali Port.”
“Staff and equipment associated with general and non-containerised cargo handling similarly re-located to Jebel Ali Port by the end of March,” he said.
Port Rashid handled around 800,000 TEUs in 2007. The port handled around 1.2 million TEUs in 2006 and it was the maximum throughput to date before starting moving its cargo business to Jebel Ali Port.
“Some container handling capacity remains at Port Rashid and cruise ships and ferries are still using Port Rashid.”
The port, which had only two gantry cranes and a capacity of less than 100,000 TEUs initially, still has six gantry cranes and a capacity of 1,000,000 TEUs.
Adjacent to the port are Dubai Drydocks and Dubai Maritime City. Both of these facilities were built due to Port Rashid’s proximity. But, in January 2008, it was announced that the port would be redeveloped and all cargo operations will be moved to Jebel Ali Port this year.
New role
Jebel Ali Port supplemented Port Rashid in early 1980s and now looks set to take full cargo business of Port Rashid. At present, Phase 2 of Terminal 2 expansion project is underway and will be completed early next year.
“The project will bring one million TEUs online in August this year. Another one million TEUs capacity will be available in October. Phase 2-expansion project will be completed in February 2009 when another one million TEUs will be added to the port’s capacity in February 2009,” said Mohammed Al Muallem, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, DP World-UAE.
After expansion, Jebel Ali Port will have an additional 2,500 metres of quay length with a draft of 17 metres. This will enable the port to cater for the new generation of mega ships (12,000 + TEUs).
Terminal 2-expansion project spreads over more than 1,400,000 square metres. With seven berths and a total capacity of five million TEUs, Jebel Ali Port will see capacity rise to 14-15 million TEUs. Similar to Terminal 1, Terminal 2 will be used for both import and export cargo and transshipment business.
DP World officially launched operations at Phase 1 of Terminal 2 in August last year. Phase 1, which adds three more berths, increases the port’s total handling capacity by two million to around 11 million TEUs.
“Implementation and installation of the 18-rail mounted gantries and the eight tandem lift gantry cranes was carried out successfully as part of the expansion, and we are planning to add 21 more tandem lifts and 42 rail mounted gantries by the end of the project,” Al Muallem said.
“Today, Jebel Ali is a technologically advanced facility and employs state-of-the-art equipment, including the world’s largest gantry cranes, capable of lifting four 20-foot containers or two 40-foot containers simultaneously,” he added.
“Jebel Ali is the largest port between Rotterdam and Singapore. It has been voted ‘Best Seaport in the Middle East’ for 13 consecutive years,” he said.
New e-services
DP World is all set to launch fully automated system to avoid physical visits to documentation centres, eliminate paper work and clear the transactions in minimum possible time.
“Shipping Lines want to keep their ships on move while traders like to clear their containers as early as possible. DP World caters the needs of both the segments of its customers through state-of-the-art equipment at ports and better online services,” Al Muallem said.
Gate Automation: He said a new gate technology initially is recently introduced at Jebel Ali’s Terminal 2 and will also available to Terminal 1 soon.
“Gate Automation will eliminate manual intervention and paper work at Terminal Gates,” he said adding that around 6,000 registered trucks with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag will be ready to serve by the end of this month,” he said.
e-token: Besides this, DP World introduced e-token service in November last year for delivery and receipt of containers at Port Rashid and Jebel Ali Container Terminals.
e-payment: e-payment service was introduced in March this year. The service allows consignees and their selected clearing & forwarding agents to pay port charges for their imported containers on line.
World’s first simulator: DP World’s UAE region has introduced a special simulator at its flagship Jebel Ali port to train operators on the use of giant Tandem Lift cranes that are capable of handling four 20-foot containers or two 40-foot containers simultaneously. The device is the first of its kind in the world. In addition to Tandem Lift cranes, operators will also be able to train on standard, rubber-tyred or rail mounted gantry cranes.