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CEO: Qatar’s QTerminals To Hit 2 Million TEUs Mark at Hamad Port by Year End

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QTerminals, the terminal operating company jointly emirate to rapidly change its supply chain to maritime and shipping services to Qatar now call direct from exporting established in 2017 by Qatar Ports Management air transport connections. As a result, container and non- countries, making Hamad Port a major main line port.

Company (Mwani Qatar – 51% shareholding), the container cargo at Hamad Port has more than doubled and That alone is a commendable feat considering how quickly national port authority, and Milaha (Qatar Navigation the average capacity of vessels calling at the port increasing and seamlessly it was done as everyday consumers did not – 49% shareholding), a Qatar-based maritime transport to an average of 8,000-10,000 TEUs. even feel the impact of the blockade.” and logistics conglomerate, to manage Phase 1 of Qatar’s Our future target is to handle Ultra Large Container Bissett added: “Maersk, MSC, CMA-CGM, Hapag-Lloyd,

Hamad Port, expects total throughput, since the start of Vessels (ULCVs) of 21,000+ TEU capacity with 400+m COSCO, Evergreen, Hyundai, The ONE, Yang Ming & operations in December 2016, to hit the 2 million TEU length overall and draft of up to 16m. Our equipment PIL - and major alliances such as 2M, The Ocean Alliance mark in the fourth quarter of 2018, its CEO Neville selection going forward will be based on these minimum and The Alliance are among several global shipping lines and

Bissett said. Phase 1 includes a container terminal (CT1), speci