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Line 42: \| blankstats2 = \| blankstats3 = \| website = [https://www.adports.ae/ Abu Dhabi Ports] <br /> [http://www.adterminals.ae/ Abu Dhabi Terminals] }} '''Khalifa Port''' ({{Lang-ar\|ميناء خليفة}}) is the [[Abu Dhabi Ports]]' flagship, deepwater port. It is a gateway to [[Abu Dhabi]] and handles all of the emirate’s container traffic. The transfer of container traffic from [[Zayed Port]] was completed in December 2012.<ref>[http://www.emirates247.com/business/economy-finance/khalifa-port-now-fully-operational-2012-12-09-1.486555 "Khalifa Port now fully operational"], Emirates 24/7. 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2013-04-09</ref> Khalifa Port has a Phase 1 capacity of 2.5 million [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit\|TEU]]s and 12 million tonnes of general cargo a year and an expected capacity of 15 million TEUs and 35 million tonnes of general cargo by 2030.<ref name="Abu Dhabi Ports">[https://www.abudhabi.ae/egovPoolPortal_WAR/appmanager/ADeGP/Citizen?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=p_citizen_departments&lang=en&did=130870 Profile of Abu Dhabi Ports]</ref> Line 62: On 24 February 2013 [[Abu Dhabi Ports]] chairman [[Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber]] announced that Khalifa Port would be the official [[shirt sponsor]] for football team [[Al Ain FC]] during the [[2013 AFC Champions League]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/khalifa-port-sponsorship-for-al-ain-1.1150946\|title=Khalifa Port sponsorship for Al Ain\|date=2013-02-25\|publisher=Gulf News\|accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref> After reaching 905,000 TEUs in 2013, a rise of 17 percent, container traffic at Khalifa Port is expected to climb to around 1.3 million TEUs by the end of 2014, a further increase of 22 percent.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/ports-emirates-abu-dhabi-idUKL6N0N508120140413\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306041008/http://uk.reuters.com/article/ports-emirates-abu-dhabi-idUKL6N0N508120140413\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=March 6, 2016\|title=INTERVIEW-Abu Dhabi ports expect year-end spike in traffic as projects boom\|date=2014-04-13\|publisher=Reuters\|accessdate=2014-04-16}}</ref> == Khalifa Port Container Terminal == {{more citations needed section\|date=December 2021}} The container terminal at Khalifa Port is managed and operated by [[Abu Dhabi Terminals]] (ADT), a joint venture between Abu Dhabi Ports, [[Mubadala]] and Mubadala Infrastructure Partners. ADT signed a 30-year concession agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports to manage and operate Khalifa Port Container Terminal until 2042. Abu Dhabi Terminals was established in 2006 as the operator of all ports in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and formerly operated Zayed Port and the Freeport in Musaffah. Under Abu Dhabi Terminals' leadership, Khalifa Port Container Terminal has tripled the container trade in Abu Dhabi and currently connects Abu Dhabi to 62 direct international destinations.{{citation needed\|date=May 2019}} In 2015, Abu Dhabi Terminals handled 32% more containers.{{citation needed\|date=May 2019}} The terminal moved 1,504,293 TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units/containers), up from 1,137,679 TEUs in 2014.{{citation needed\|date=May 2019}} In H1 2016, Abu Dhabi Terminals volume at Khalifa Port grew by 11%, taking the lead again in the Middle East region for fastest growing container terminal as most ports announced flat or negative growth.<ref>{{~~citation~~Cite web ~~needed~~\|date=~~May~~2016-09-20 ~~2019~~\|title=Abu Dhabi Ports continues double-digit growth journey in H1, 2016 \|url=http://wam.ae/en/details/1395300152828 \|access-date=2023-03-30 \|website=wam}}</ref> The port is also the first port in the middle east to have autonomous port truck systems. <ref>{{cite web \| url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q-9dvjA7MNk \| title=CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal and Khalifa Port Implement Region's First Autonomous Port Truck System \| website=[[YouTube]] \| date=29 August 2021 }}</ref> ~~==Criticism==~~ Khalifa Port has remained relatively quiet since it opened in 2012 mainly due to its location - approximately 70 km from the world's ninth busiest port, the largest man-made harbour, and the biggest and by far the busiest port in the Middle-East: Dubai's [[Port of Jebel Ali]]. With an objective to hit 15m TEU, throughput at Khalifa Port remains stubbornly low at around the 1.5m TEU mark despite the port's 2.5m TEU capacity.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.porttechnology.org/technical_papers/khalifa_port_the_birth_of_a_giant\|title=Khalifa Port: The Birth of a Giant\|date=2012-04-13\|publisher= Port Technology}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal\|United Arab Emirates\|Asia}} * [[Al Ain]] * [[Abu Dhabi]], the capital of the [[UAE]]. * [[Abu Dhabi Terminals]], manager and operator of Khalifa Port Container Terminal * [[Kizad]], one of the world's largest free and non-free industrial zones. * [[Musaffah Port]], the dedicated port for Abu Dhabi's [[Musaffah]] Industrial Zone. * [[Zayed Port]], the port of [[Abu Dhabi]] city. ==References== Line 88 ⟶ 85: ==External links== * [http://www.adpc.ae/ Abu Dhabi Ports] * ~~Abu Dhabi Terminals~~ [https://www.adterminals.ae/ Abu Dhabi Terminals] {{Developments in Abu Dhabi}}