The statistics of “Qatar Ports” revealed a distinguished performance during the month of April, as the handling containers recorded a 50% increase, while livestock and building materials increased by 30% and 141%, respectively. Both Hamad Port, Al -Ruwais Port and the Old Doha port received 235 ships, where 129,596 stereotypes were received and general goods and bulk reached 170,515 tons, and the number of cars and equipment reached 9,340 units, and the number of livestock reached 25,485 heads, building and construction materials 57,773 tons.
The “Qatar Ports” recorded standard growth rates and a qualitative boom in operations during the first quarter of the current year 2025 with the total number of handling containers, level of 336,889 containers, of which 45 percent of transit containers through Hamad Port, while the number of ships that were received during the same period reached 726 ships.
It also achieved an increase at the level of building materials, cars, equipment, ship numbers, and livestock, compared to the same period last year, as it increased by 98 percent, 60 percent, 12 percent and 4 percent, respectively, by receiving 336,889 stereotypes, while total general and bulk goods reached 322,206 tons, and total cars and equipment reached 30811 units. 230,625 livestock was received, and the total building and construction materials reached 159,718 tons. Growth rates emphasize the great status and confidence that Hamad Port occupies the main Qatar Trading Gate with the world, among global shipping lines as a pivotal recharge gate in the region.
Hamad Port
In a related context, Kiotermen, operating company for Hamad Port, announced the total number of containers, loose goods, and loose goods that are not packed in containers and rolling merchandise that it took last April by receiving 151 ships that were operations, where the rolling goods reached 184,925 tons, while other rolling goods (cars) reached 10,298 units, while the loose goods reached (Not packed in containers) 87,525 tons, and loose goods 68,400 tons, in addition to 131,308 stereotypes.
Hamad Port is the main port of the Kiotermen Group, where the company manages and develops the port, which is characterized by its strategic location, which extends over an area of 28.5 square kilometers and is one of the largest ports in the Middle East with a capacity of 7.5 million stereotypes annually and includes a public cargo station with a capacity of 1.7 million tons annually and a grain station with a capacity of 1 million tons annually, along with the car station that It accommodates 500 thousand cars annually.
Kiotermen services
“Kiotermen” works in the field of operating and managing ports and stations, providing container and brochure handling services, in addition to supply and marine support services and tourist ship services, and the company expanded its ability to access international ports by acquiring a majority share in the “Kramer” group, which is an equipment for integrated logistics services and container services, in the Dutch port It is the largest in Europe, as well as the acquisition of the Turkish port of Akdiniz, which is located at the far western end of Antalya, which is a multi -purpose port that includes a cruise station, a container and brochure station, general goods and a shipping station, and an agreement with Ukraine was signed for 35 years, to operate the Olivia port in the city of Miklav on the Black Sea in December 2021.
The company also signed a cooperation agreement with the Free Zones Authority – Qatar, to manage and operate operations in the port of Marsa, located in Umm Al -Hawl Free area, and will take over the responsibility of managing and developing all the operations of the marina port and providing an integrated package of marine and handling services, as well as managing multi -use sidewalks in order to support the industries and factories that are exported to strategic projects in the State of Qatar or the outside world, in addition to that providing marine services For yachts and ships, Kiotermen will facilitate the construction and repair of ships and yachts.