Qatar’s primary gateway to world trade, Hamad port is rising to a more powerful status in the Middle East, given its contribution in region’s maritime sector. Qterminals create a new berth productivity record of 234.26 berth moves per hour (BMPH) by handling the MSC ELISA XIII vessel at Hamad port, beating the previous record by a huge margin. The terminal operating company also achieved highest number of TEUs (1577) ever recorded on the same vessel. Qterminals is a company established by Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar) and Qatar Navigation (Milaha), which plays a pivotal role in Qatar’s maritime trade flows. “We are celebrating new records at Hamad Port. Qterminals has redefined excellence by handling the vessel MSC ELISA XIII at Hamad Port and setting a new berth productivity record of 234.26 BMPH, surpassing the pervious mark of 220.38. And that is not all, 15,777 TEUs were handled on the vessel, our highest TEU achievement on the same vessel ever,” the company posted on social media on this achievement.
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