Khalifa Port opens for commercial use

A new state-of-the-art gateway to Abu Dhabi, called Khalifa Port has begun commercial operations. Bechtel oversaw the project management of the port and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) for its client, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC).
Khalifa Port has the first semi-automated container terminal in the region. A single operating platform was created to bring together numerous systems for the port.

The company also implemented Abu Dhabi’s new sustainability regulations on a number of buildings in Khalifa Port, one of the first large projects in the UAE to do so.
Bechtel managed the design and build of the $240 million, eight-kilometer long, award-winning environmental protection breakwater to safeguard the Ras Ghanada coral reef during construction and operation of the port.

“With Khalifa Port and Kizad, we have committed to the Emirate’s largest infrastructure project that will serve ADPC and will be a key enabler in driving the economic diversification of Abu Dhabi by 2030. Bechtel has done a great job to ensure we deliver on time and within budget, as we expected from a company internationally renowned for delivering complex projects in a disciplined way,” said Tony Douglas, CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports Company.

“Collaboration and strong project management skills have been crucial to delivering this megaproject on time and within budget. We thank ADPC and our stakeholders for an excellent working relationship, which has made the process of building the port both smooth and efficient”, added Steve Kay, Bechtel’s Program Manager for Khalifa Port and Kizad. Bechtel has overseen over 80 port and harbor projects across the world, 28 of these in the last decade.