Kizad welcomes first third-party logistics company with AED 270 million investments

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 ...

CEO at Water Summit

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 ...

Khalifa Port breakwater provides habitat for rare flora and fauna

Study findings, released at International Water Summit 2013, shows coral growth more than doubled in 2012, on Khalifa Port Breakwater  On the sidelines of the International Water Summit 2013, being held at Abu Dhabi Exhibitions Centre, from 15-17 January, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has ...

Work has started on an AED 7.5 million improvements programme

Over the next six months, Mugharrag Port in the Western Region is being re-developed. Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC, has signed a formal agreement with the winning bidder’s Area Manager, Haris Giatsos, from Athena Emirates. The work will deliver improved gate and entrance security and will provide ...

ADPC Port Training Centre “busier than ever”

ADPC’s Port Training Centre, in the heart of Abu Dhabi city’s Musaffah Port, is looking forward to registering record business in 2013….after an “extremely busy end of year”. The Centre’s state-of-the-art ship manoeuvring simulator is particularly popular, ...

European journalists on fact-finding mission

Capt. Mohamed Al Shamisi, EVP, Ports’ Unit, ADPC has personally welcomed a delegation of leading European journalists at the Kizad Visitor Centre at Taweelah, part of the vast megaproject being built by ADPC, featuring Khalifa Port (inaugurated on 12/12/12) and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu ...

Industrial Zone reports marketing headway

Abu Dhabi and India are entering a new era of trade not least with the continuing infrastructural progress and leasing of Zone A of Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad). ADPC’s Kizad views South Asia’s economic powerhouse as its key target market. In December 2012, Kizad went ...

ADPC expects strong growth at Khalifa Port

Executive Vice-President, Ports, ADPC, Captain Mohamed Al Shamisi has told Abu Dhabi TV in an interview at Khalifa Port of the strong growth being registered at the port. In his first major interview of the year, he also praised the smooth transition of TEU container traffic from Mina Zayed to ...

ADPC showcased in European Congress

Alexander Matthey, Vice President, Program Management Office, ADPC, has showcased ADPC’s megaproject at the Seventh Project Management Congress in Athens. Mr Matthey delivered a headline speech to delegates about “Lessons Learned” in the construction, testing and commissioning ...

Top US business school award

Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC has honoured Khaleefa Al Romaithi, Senior Manager, Public Affairs, ADPC by presenting him with a leading international business certificate. Mr Al Romaithi, Senior Manager, Public Affairs, has successfully attained “alumni status” from the prestigious Harvard ...

Etihad Rail landmark: Mina Zayed takes waggon delivery

ADPC’s Mina Zayed has taken delivery of Etihad Rail’s first wagons, to be used in the Western Region. The Chinese-manufactured wagons were offloaded from the King Spirit.Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC commented: “We congratulate Etihad Rail on the historic delivery of its waggons at Mina ...

World Ports and Trade Summit 2013

ADPC will welcome global ports, key industry players and members of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) who will attend the third annual edition of the World Ports and Trade Summit to be held Abu Dhabi from 19-20 March 2013. The Summit, spearheaded by ADPC, brings the industry ...

New surge in interest in Kizad from industrialists

  “The world wants a piece of Kizad too” The headline in Abu Dhabi’s The National newspaper reflected the announcement by Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC, that enquiries in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) saw a dramatic increase following the launch of the showcase and ...

ADPC signs 30-year agreement with ADT

Left to right (Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Chairman, ADPC; Capt Mohamed Al Shamisi, Chairman, ADT; Martijn Van de Linde, CEO, ADT; Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC)   ADPC has granted Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) the exclusive right to manage and operate the first Khalifa Port container terminal by signing ...

ADPC reveals 3D technology behind tracking containers at Khalifa Port

ADPC showcased some of the world leading technology behind its new AED 26.5 billion (USD 7.2 billion) Khalifa Port, which was formally inaugurated on 12/12/12. The company displayed its state-of-the-art 3D GIS simulator, used to simulate the movement of consignments within the port, at the 2012 ...

Musaffah Port goes green!

Trees from Al Ain shipped to Doha Musaffah Port is going green by shipping more than 450 trees to Doha, Qatar. The Port’s latest high-value cargo weighs more than 12 tonnes, and is being loaded onto the Desert Rose. It’s the first shipment of seven types of trees, all grown specially ...

12.12.12 In pictures

UAE President officially launches Khalifa Port

"Khalifa Port will become of one of the most important ports in the world" President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nayhan   Speaking at Taweelah – the site of Abu Dhabi’s extraordinary megaproject of Khalifa Port and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), President His ...

‘New Era’ in UAE’s Trading and Maritime History Opens with Launch of AED 26.5 billion (USD 7.2 billion)Khalifa Port

HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi (C), leads the opening ceremony of Khalifa Port, next to Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad). HH the President is pictured with HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime ...

15 new cranes destined for Khalifa Port

With just a week to go before the Grand Inauguration of its flagship Khalifa Port on December 12th, Abu Dhabi Ports Company is proudly announcing orders for three more of the largest cranes in the world. ADPC has placed fresh orders with the ZPMC yard in Shanghai, China, for three new STS (ship ...