New Container Terminal Set to Become Hub for Shipping Company Global Network

COSCO Shipping Ports and Abu Dhabi Ports have officially opened the new container terminal at Khalifa Port, the CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal, positioning Abu Dhabi as the regional hub for COSCO’s global network of 36 ports and further connecting the Emirate to the major trade hubs along the Belt and Road Initiative, as the port looks to almost double its current capacity over the next five years.
The deep water, semi-automated container terminal includes the largest Container Freight Station (CFS) in the Middle East, covering 275,000 square metres. This state-of-the-art facility offers provisions for full and partial bonded container shipments, the full range of container packing services, short-term warehousing for de-consolidated cargo as well as easy connectivity with container terminals in Khalifa Port. The terminal is also the first international green-field subsidiary of COSCO Shipping Ports, a subsidiary of China COSCO Shipping. The port management arm has so far invested AED1.1 billion in capital expenditure on construction and machinery at the terminal.