Bahrain Gateway to open in March

The Bahrain Gateway, at Khalifa Bin Salman Port in Hidd, is expected to be officially launched in March next year.

APM Terminals Bahrain, which has been awarded the contract to run the new port, has invested $62 million in land facilities, including state-of-the-art equipment, said Managing Director Steen Davidsen. "Even after the operational launch in Hidd, it may take some time for transferring cargo from Mina Salman to the new facility," he told the Press and shipping agents at the General Organisation of Sea Ports headquarters in Hidd, after they were taken on a tour of the new port. "We shall, therefore, run both ports simultaneously on a temporary basis. "The new port will have a capacity of 1.1m (twenty-foot equivalent unit) TEU, which is three times the capacity at Mina Salman, said Mr Davidsen. The total area is 900,000 sq/m, and the quay depth is 15 metres. The biggest attraction at the new port is four Post Panamax cranes of 61 metres. Mr Davidsen revealed that APM Terminals Bahrain has already recruited 625 people, of whom 84 per cent are Bahrainis.
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