Zayed Port | |
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Location | |
Country | Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
Location | Abu Dhabi |
Coordinates | 24°31′31″N 54°22′37″E / 24.5253021°N 54.3769338°E |
UN/LOCODE | AEMZD[1] |
Details | |
Opened | 1972 |
Operated by | Abu Dhabi Ports |
Owned by | Abu Dhabi Ports |
Size | 535 hectares of which 41 were previously occupied by the container terminal |
Native name | ميناء زايد (Arabic) |
Statistics | |
Annual cargo tonnage | 900 000 ton |
Website Abu Dhabi Ports |
Zayed Port (Arabic: ميناء زايد) also called Mina Zayed, is a commercial deep-water port owned by the Abu Dhabi Ports that serves Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1968, Zayed Port is in the northeast section of Abu Dhabi city. It was officially inaugurated and became fully operational in 1972,[2] and is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the former President of the United Arab Emirates. The transfer of Zayed Port's container traffic to the newly developed US$7.2 billion Khalifa Port container terminal was completed in 2012.[3]