{"id":7505,"date":"2006-10-01T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-01T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2006\/10\/01\/bmts-middle-eastern-promise\/"},"modified":"2006-10-01T18:27:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-01T17:27:00","slug":"bmts-middle-eastern-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/middle-east\/bmts-middle-eastern-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"BMTs Middle Eastern promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The business plan undertaken by BMT will be used as a basis for the implementation of the $2.5bn multiuser port and adjacent 9,900 hectare industrial zone.<\/p>\n<p>The new port and industrial zone will replace the existing Mina Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi, which is constrained by the surrounding city development and problems with land transport access. Current port activities will be relocated to the new facilities when the new Khalifa port becomes operational in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>BMT maritime consultant&#8217;s director of international operations, Graham Moody said: &#8220;This development will ensure that Abu Dhabi is recognised as a major provider of maritime facilities and supporting infrastructure for the region. &#8220;The operation of a major international port and industrial zone will help Abu Dhabi develop local industries and will ensure future industries are attracted to these world class facilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International consultant BMT has stepped up its commitments in Abu Dhabi, assisting with a concession for Mina Zayed Port and completing a business plan for a major new offshore port development near Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-7505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-east"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7505"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=7505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}