The Ministry of Municipality and Environment, represented by the Environmental Monitoring and Laboratory Department, supervised the operations of placing four environment monitoring buoys, two in Hamad Port, and two in Ruwais Port, in co-ordination with Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar).

Qatar’s multiple growth engines appear to have ignited as the general cargo and container movement as well as handling of building materials through Hamad, Doha and Al Ruwais ports witnessed robust expansion year-on-year this September

The Maritime Customs Department at Hamad Port has foiled yet another attempt to smuggle *tambaku (a type of chewing tobacco) into Qatar.

The Maritime Customs Department at Hamad Port has foiled another attempt to smuggle 'tambaku' (chewing tobacco) into Qatar.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications has announced that the initial operation of Hamad Port’s Container Terminal 2 (CT2) is set to begin this December for container handling.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC)'s strategy was outlined before the Cabinet on Wednesday, the official Qatar News Agency reported.

HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti on Saturday witnessed the arrival of the first vessel, as planned and scheduled, at Hamad Port’s Container Terminal 2 (CT2) project.

The General Authority of Customs (GAC) officials have seized 2,152kg of 'tambaku' (a kind of chewing tobacco) from a sugar shipment that arrived at the Hamad Port.

The Hamad Port will see the arrival of a dozen mobile gantry cranes from China later this month, as part of efforts to operationalise the container terminal 2 (CT2) by the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020.

The 403,500 sqm container terminal 2 (CT2) at the Hamad Port is slated to be operationalised by the end of fourth quarter (Q4) of this year.

QTerminals welcomed Evergreen Line’s first vessel call, 'MV Thalassa Axia 031W' at Hamad Port on Monday

The general cargo handling through Qatar's three ports – Hamad, Doha and Al Ruwais – more than tripled year-on-year in April 2020 amid challenges owing to Covid-19 that has already destabilised global maritime industry.