{"id":5522,"date":"2017-11-13T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/coastlink\/2017\/11\/13\/hutchison-ports-to-operate-ahmed-bin-rashid-port\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:48:31","slug":"hutchison-ports-to-operate-ahmed-bin-rashid-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/2017\/11\/13\/hutchison-ports-to-operate-ahmed-bin-rashid-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Hutchison Ports to operate Ahmed Bin Rashid Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong-based port operator will run the facility under the name Hutchison Ports UAQ.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Tsoi, managing director, Middle East and Africa, at Hutchinson Ports, stated: \u201cThe UAE economy is growing strongly and there is great demand for terminal facilities in the northern part of the Emirates. Our target is to improve the service level of the port to facilitate the emirate\u2019s import and export trade. We look forward to contributing to the growth of the local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The four-berth port has an 845m long quay and is a key entry-exit point for container, general, Ro-Ro and bulk cargo in the norther UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Sultan Saeed Al Ali, executive director at Umm al Quwain Ports, Customs &amp; Free Zone Corporation, commented: \u201cThe port in Umm Al Quwain has a long, rich history. With the presence of Hutchison Ports, we expect the terminal to be better positioned to serve the local community. This will help support our existing businesses while also helping to attract future investment into the emirate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No financial details were disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hutchison Ports has secured a deal to operate Ahmed Bin Rashid Port in Umm Al Quwain (UAQ), United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5524,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5522\/revisions\/5524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5522"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}