Abu Dhabi Ports Company sees growth across all maritime traffic, in 2012

RORO saw the highest increase in growth, with movements up significantly at 41.4 per cent, from 56,510 units to 79,906 units; marine activity saw a 13.8 per cent increase, up from 26,899 to 30,618 vessel calls, over the previous year.

General bulk and cargo, for all ports operated by ADPC, saw a throughput of 9.4m tonnes, an increase of 8.7 per cent on that handled in 2011.

Depsite the knock-on effects to maritime trade, from the global economy’s slowdown in recent years, Abu Dhabi ports saw a 2.5 per cent rise in container handling, up from 767,713 to 787,048 TEUs, for that 12 month period.

Khalifa Port, the 2.5m TEU (initial) capacity, deep-water port, which went operational from 1st September of last year, now handles all container shipments into and out of the emirate.