UAE tightens grip on Middle East Gulf transhipment business
With Cosco and MSC tied down as regular tenants, Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa port is looking to emulate the success of neighbouring Dubai to ensure the UAE remains the predominant maritime logistics hub in the region
Khalifa port expects to double its throughput levels in 2019 to about 3m teu, but provisions are in place to increase capacity to more than 9m teu over the next five years