The statistics of “Qatar Ports” revealed a distinguished performance during the month of February, where the sizes of building materials were 76 %, while the sizes of cars, equipment, and livestock were registered at 6 %, 4 %, and 14 %, respectively. Both Hamad Port, Al -Ruwais Port and the Old Doha Port received 227 ships, where 113,186 stereotypes were received and general goods and bulk reached 109,394 tons, and the number of cars and equipment reached 7,594 units, and the number of livestock reached 74,202 heads, building and construction materials 40,908 tons.
“Qatar Ports” achieved a qualitative boom in the operations by the end of the year 2024 through an increase of 23 % in transit shipments (transit) compared to the year 2023 by receiving each of the Hamad Port, Al -Ruwais Port and the old Doha Port 2803 ships, and last year also witnessed an increase of 10 % in the total circulating containers and 62 % in car and equipment units and 22 % in livestock heads compared to the previous year, which is what It confirms the great status and confidence that the port of Hamad, the main port of Qatar Trading with the world, is affirmed among the global shipping lines as a pivotal portal for recharge in the region.
“Qatar Ports” is responsible for managing the Hamad Port and Al -Ruwais Port, which are two commercial port, in addition to developing the Doha port, which has become a port for tourist ships, and “Qatar Ports” operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Communications, closely with the stakeholders and partners to secure materials and goods and promote charging internally and externally, and also makes its ports preferred entities for all global charging lines.
Hamad Port
In the 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 they dealt in last February through 132 ships that were operations, where the rolling goods reached 138,472 tons, while other rolling goods (cars) reached 7,568 units, while the brochure (unusual goods (ungrateful In containers (51,685 tons, loose goods 37,269 tons, in addition to 113,392 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 Kiotermen will take responsibility for managing and developing all the operations of the port of the marina 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 naval services For yachts and ships, Kiotermen will facilitate the construction and repair of ships and yachts.