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APM Bahrain opens its gates
2009/4/2
APM Terminals Bahrain has opened its truck gates at Bahrain Gateway at Khalifa bin Salman Port, ushering in a new era for the region, and offering ocean carriers new ways to optimise their Upper Gulf route network to serve the growing regional market, the Middle East Company News reported.
The facility features four new post-Panamax cranes with an 18 stack outreach, 1800 metres of quay wall and a channel depth of 12.8 metres.
Channel dredging is ongoing and will reach 14 metres this year and then 15 metres in early 2010 to match the 15 metre draft alongside and in the turning basin.
The existing infrastructure – including Bahrain International Airport and King Fahad Causeway to Saudi – and the planned construction of the causeway linking Bahrain to Qatar provide an excellent transport network to reinforce Bahrain''s strategic location at the heart of the Gulf.
Furthermore, adjacent to new port is the Bahrain Logistics Zone (BLZ), which is the Middle East''s first multi-modal logistics hub focusing on re-export and value-adding activities.
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2009/4/2