Mar 18, 2013
As the Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) prepares to host the World Ports & Trade Summit at the Saadiyat St Regis Resort, ADPC looks back to one of its most significant milestones this year when it welcomed the arrival of the world’s largest and most expensive ocean liner to the capital. In ...
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Mar 04, 2013
ADPC commemorates visit of the senior executives from Line Messina at Khalifa Port. Pictured from L-R are Capt. Giordano Gelasini – Regional Director Messina Line Middle East, Mr. Abdulkareem Al Masabi – VP Khalifa Port, Mr. Paolo Messina – Chairman Ignazzio Messina & ...
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Mar 03, 2013
As part of a scheduled tour of the UAE, Abu Dhabi Ports Company welcomed H.R.H. Prince Joachim of Denmark to Khalifa Port today, where he was shown around the new state-of-the-art facilities of the Gulf Region’s only semi-automated, deep-water port. Showing a keen interest in the developments ...
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Feb 27, 2013
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) and Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) jointly hosted a workshop at the Rocco Forte Hotel, Abu Dhabi, for a large audience of their stakeholders.
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Feb 25, 2013
In an important partnership for both parties, HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Khalid Al Nahyan, Al Ain Football Club’s Chairman, announced that Khalifa Port would be the official sponsor of the club’s first team in the AFC champions league. The press conference was held at the ...
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Feb 24, 2013
In line with the company’s commitment to be a responsible corporate citizen, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) organised a blood donation campaign in co-operation with Abu Dhabi Blood Bank, last week with many staff volunteering to donate. Speaking about ADPC’s regular, annual campaign ...
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Feb 20, 2013
ADPC, a master developer and manager of ports and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, welcomed business partners and stakeholders to the second edition of its corporate golf event, the “ADPC Golf Tournament 2013” today, at Saadiyat Island Golf Club ...
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Feb 14, 2013
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) today welcomed a delegation of Master's students in Sustainable Development Law and International Business from the Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD). The Sorbonne delegation was greeted at the ADPC Visitor Centre and given an educational tour of Khalifa ...
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Feb 14, 2013
Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), the manager and operator of Abu Dhabi’s four main commercial ports, announced today that it has reached an agreement with a consortium of shipping companies to start a direct service to facilitate trade between Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Port and the ports of Mundra ...
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Feb 12, 2013
ADPC, a master developer and manager of commercial ports and industrial zones in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has today released its traffic figures for 2012, with growth reported across all key traffic categories including: containers, vessel and RORO (roll-on roll-off) movements, and general bulk ...
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Feb 11, 2013
ADPC welcomed H.E. Poul O. G. Hoiness, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to the UAE, to the Khalifa Port and Kizad Visitor Centre earlier today. The Danish ambassador was on a fact-finding mission to ADPC’s Taweelah facility to investigate potential business opportunities for future ...
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Feb 06, 2013
A high-level business delegation visited the ADPC Visitor Centre yesterday to learn more about the latest developments in Kizad and Khalifa Port. The Swiss Business Group aims to help entrepreneurs, especially SMEs, expand their businesses on an international level and to find solid investment ...
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Feb 03, 2013
Two luxury ocean liners, the Royal Caribbean’s ‘Serenade of the Seas’ and Holland America’s ‘Rotterdam’, have been received in Mina Zayed. The ships made their maiden calls in Abu Dhabi before heading to Dubai. The arrivals follow the notable first-time ...
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Jan 30, 2013
Luxury ship’s arrival “endorses” UAE capital’s status as international cruise liner destination Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Queen Mary 2 – the world’s largest ocean liner and the luxury flagship of the Cunard Line – made its maiden call to Abu Dhabi today at ...
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Jan 28, 2013
Abu Dhabi is preparing to welcome the Queen Mary 2, the world’s most expensive ocean liner to its passenger terminal at Mina Zayed on 28 January. The United Kingdom’s Ambassador to the UAE Dominic Jermey CVO, OBE will be joined by 2,620 passengers when they will disembark ...
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Jan 28, 2013
The US Navy vessel, the USS Rushmore, has docked at Abu Dhabi’s newly-inaugurated Khalifa Port. Hailing the ship’s arrival yesterday, Ambassador of the United States to the UAE, Michael Corbin, hailed the move marked an historic moment. “[This is] another symbol of the strong ...
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Jan 23, 2013
The world’s most expensive ocean liner, Queen Mary 2, is set to make its maiden call in the capital on 29th January. The AED3.22 billion luxury ship, built by cruise company Cunard, will dock in Mina Zayed before sailing with its 2,620 passengers for Kochi, India. Queen Mary 2’s stop ...
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Jan 23, 2013
In line with the UAE government’s recently announced “Abshir” Initiative – to drive and encourage the placement, training and ongoing professional development of Emiratis in the nation’s workforce – Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has today announced that it reached ...
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Jan 23, 2013
Kizad announced the first third party logistics company tenant. A 50 year Musataha Agreement was signed by Khaled Salmeen Al Kawari, CEO and Managing Director of Kizad, and Alaa Ibrahim, President & CEO, IBR Group Inc. IBR Group Inc. will be assigned a 474,128.73 square feet plot in the logistics ...
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Jan 17, 2013
Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC, moderates at top panel discussion As part of International Water Summit 2013, currently being held at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi from 15-17 January, Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC, moderated the discussion panel entitled: “Understanding How an Arid Region May Continue Sustainable ...
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