Hamad Port achieves direct revenues of QR 2.5 billion in 2017: Transport Minister

Minister of Transport and Communications and Chairman of Mwani Qatar H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti on the sidelines of the launch of the company’s new brand identity. Abdul Basit / The Peninsula

Minister of Transport and Communications and Chairman of Mwani Qatar H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti said that the direct return on the national economy as a result of the transport of containers through Hamad Port amounted to about QR 2.5 billion in 2017, in addition to other gains due to various services, including the packing of ships and fuel and food supplies.

On the sidelines of the dispatch of the organization’s new brand identity, Chairman of Mwani Qatar said that the coming period will observer the declaration of venture openings in light of a legitimate concern for the principle ports in Qatar, notwithstanding other outside circumstances that at present being considered.

The Minister additionally uncovered the dispatch of new maritime lines, including a line among Qatar and Kenya, which will begin one month from now, notwithstanding other new lines that will be propelled sooner rather than later.

On the advancement of work in Doha Port, the Minister said that the extending of the port’s basin and the improvement of berths for tourism vessels will be finished in 2019, including that whatever remains of the advancement work will be finished before 2022.

Likewise, he included that the primary stage and 50 percent of the second period of the work in Al-Ruwais Port have been finished, bringing up that the third stage isn’t required right now as the present limit of the port is sufficient.

The Minister focused on that Qatar has been seeing an amazing advancement blast in different divisions, particularly in ports and coordinations area, which has assumed a noteworthy job in upgrading Qatar’s worldwide intensity in the field of oceanic transport and activity of ports.

He included that Mwani Qatar’s new character goes for uniting these accomplishments and set up a vital begin towards all inclusiveness, adding to open new skylines of development and nonstop change, supporting the organization quality and setting its situation to wind up in the cutting edge of sea establishments working in the field of ports and coordinations in the area and past.

Each period of advancement has its very own particular and expressive logo, the outline of Mwani Qatar’s new logo considers the truth of the new period of the sea transport division in the nation and the immense advancement it has made in the ongoing time frame, he said.

“For over 9 years, Mwani Qatar has accomplished numerous achievements on the operational side as well as in all financial, human, social and natural angles, and has substantiated itself as a key player in the delivery business by demonstrating its expectation through the fruitful tasks at Hamad Port, Doha Port and Al-Ruwais Port, this is notwithstanding its endeavors to supporting the neighborhood ventures’ intensity making Qatar stronger to the worldwide monetary condition changes.” the Minister included.

The Minister said that the company has also contributed to the enhancement of the tourism sector in Qatar.

He stated, “From June 2017 until the finish of August 2018, the volume of container taking care of at Hamad Port expanded by 366 percent, general cargo taking care of taken off by 450 percent and the quantity of vessels developed by 70 percent.”

The Minister included, “The port at present associates in excess of 40 ports with more than 24 shipping administrations and offers an extensive variety of ensured and solid choices for its customers. It likewise assumes a noteworthy job in anchoring the requirements of neighborhood markets and activities actualized by the state, anchoring access of Qatari items to the worldwide markets, in this manner upgrading worldwide trust in Qatar and its items.”

CEO of Mwani Qatar Captain Abdulla Al Khanji said that Mwani Qatar’s new personality mirrors the considerable advancement accomplished by Qatari Ports under our savvy government and the nonstop endeavors to stay aware of the cutting edge patterns, including this speaks to a noteworthy advance forward to innovation, which thus puts Mwani Qatar among the universal brands, affirming the organization’s responsibility to its clients and to the Qatari economy.

The new identity comes in accordance with the future desires and in accordance with the key heading of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, going for fortifying the organization’s position and merging its local and global nearness as a main incorporated port and coordinations administrations supplier with total pledge to quality and worldwide norms for security, safety and environmental protection, Al Khanji called attention to.

He noticed that Mwani Qatar’s new site considers the utilization of the most recent web advancements keeping in mind the end goal to guarantee better administrations to recipients and guests both inside and remotely, including that the new site is a far reaching intelligent computerized stage for all news and data identified with the organization and the administrations it gives in its offices (Hamad Port, Doha Port, Al-Ruwais Port and Container Terminal Management Station).

Credit: Qatar day

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