The works on the 403,500 sqm container terminal 2 (CT2) at the Hamad Port will begin next week (December 22) as part of Qatar's expansion strategy in its maritime sector, according to QTerminals, a terminal operating company jointly established by Mwani Qatar (51%) and Milaha (49%).
The main works package for the CT2 development, which is located immediately to the north of the existing container terminal – 1 (CT1), has been awarded to Qatar Building Company.
A QTerminals spokesman said the delivery of the first two phases is scheduled for December 22, 2020.
One of the key aspects of CT2 development is the use of environmental-friendly technologies to facilitate sustainable development.
The quay cranes being procured are regenerative type, which will be generating electricity during the lowering cycles. The rubber tyre gantries are of hybrid type, which will be utilising electric drives along with the conventional engine.
The CT2, with berth length of 1,200m and a 17m draft alongside, will have annual capacity of 2mn TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units).
The scope of work for this development includes the construction, installation testing and commissioning, maintenance and operation of various facilities including utility as well as non-utility buildings as substation, generator house, amenity buildings, operations building and pumping facilities as well as facilities such as equipment workshop container Pits, RTG washing facilities, land fuel station and reefer stack gantries, according to QTerminals website.
