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The first phase of the $ 7.4 billion new port project is set to be operational by the end of 2016 with the initial capacity to accommodate two million containers, said a report.
It eventually be increased to six million containers once the project is fully complete by 2020, said the Peninsula report.
A committee briefed Qatar’s Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, on the concluded phases of the 26 sq km project and the remaining ones, it said.
The project has so far recorded 45 million accident-free working hours as 9,000 workers carry out the project, increasing to 18,000 during rush times, said the report of the new port that is planned to compete with the largest ones in the Middle East.
The last stone to the wall of the new port’s basin was laid, signalling the conclusion of around 45% to 50% of the project, noting that this step will be followed by submerging the basin in water by the end of next year.
The basin’s wall comprises 35,224 stones each of them weighs 100 tons and is made up of a precast concrete block, said the report.
The excavation work in the basin is expected to complete in December, one month ahead of schedule, it added.
