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1. Mission Promoting the development and growth of maritime shipping via the kingdom's national port of Aqaba through; mobilizing business skills and concepts in public and private sectors partnerships, providing high quality services, associating with the Government in creating an attractive business environment for ship owners /operators /charters and assisting members to work for the highest professional standards.
2. Aqaba
3. Area Map
4. Background Brief Aqaba Port Authority was established in 1952 by a royal decree and took its present name (The Ports Corporation, TPC) in 1978
TPC is a governmental body with an independent character responsible for establishing, developing, maintaining and operating port activities
5. Aqaba Facts Transshipment port center
Ideal location to handle trade linking between nations
Regular ferry services with the Egyptian sea port of Nueib’e
Deep waters with the most efficiency in the Middle East
Served by an airport, excellent roads and a freight railway to the north of the country
6. Jordan’s Coastline
7. Aqaba Port
The Main Port
The Containers Port
The Industrial Port
8. The Main Port Located close to the town of Aqaba
Comprises (12) berths with a total length (2120) meters
Used for handling General Cargo, Grain, Phosphate export , Ro-Ro and Lighter Traffic
These berth serve vessels of up to (70,000) tons displacement with a draft of up to 14.4 meters
9. Main Port Facts Each berth has a (35) meter wide apron, a transit shed, a semi-covered shed and open storage areas
Berth No. 1 is devoted for handling the imported grain and equipped with three grain discharging units of total capacity about (1,000) tons per hour into the nearby grain silos
Phosphate Berth A: (220) meters in length, (11) meter draft, receives vessels up to (25,000) tons displacement with a loading rate of (1,000) tons per hour
Phosphate Berth B: (180) meters in length, (14.4) meter draft, receives vessels up to (125,000) tons displacement, equipped with two ship loaders of (2,200) ton / hour / each
10. Phosphate Berths
11. The Container Port
12. Container Port Facts Located (5) km. South of the Main port
Consists of:
Mo’ta Berth
Moshterak Berth
Ro – Ro Berth
Yarmouk Berth ( Passenger Terminal)
13. Mo’ta Berth A floating berth of (150) meters long
(35) meters wide
(23) meters draft
Receives vessels up to (53,000) tons displacement
Serves the rice processing plant
Used for handling livestock
14. Moshterak Berth A dolphin berth
(120) meters in length
(11) meters draft
Receives vessels up to (100,000) tons displacement
Equipped with a conveyor belt of (25) tons / hour a day for handling cement exports
15. The Container Terminal
It comprises three berths of (540) meters length
(15) meters draft
Receives vessels up to (84,000) tons displacement
Equipped with 3 gantry cranes of (40-45) tons
(2) Mobile Harbor cranes
376 reefer points and all necessary yard (500,000 sq.m) and transfer equipment
16. Container Terminal Pictures
17. Yarmouk Berth (Passenger Terminal)
Identical to Mo’ta and is used for passenger traffic and Ro-Ro ships up to (19,000) tons displacement
A draft of (9) meters
18. The Industrial Port
19. Industrial Port Facts Located (18) km south of the Main port
Consists of:
Oil Jetty
The Timber Berth
Industrial Berths:
The Western Berth
The Eastern Berth
20. Oil Jetty Constructed in 1986 as a 4-dolphin berth of 150-meters length
(24) meters draft
Receives oil tankers of up to (406,000) tons displacement
Used for handling exports and imports of oil and oil products
Consists of:
(3) units fitted on the jetty for discharging crude oil, fuel oil and gas
(14) loading points for crude oil and (14) discharging for oil
Bromide loading unit
21. Oil Jetty Pictures
22. Timber Berth
(80) meters long
(7) meters draft
Receives up to (14,000) tons displacement
Used mainly for handling Livestock and Timber
23. The Industrial Berths The West Berth:
(220) meters long
(15) meters draft
Receives up to (70,000) tons displacement vessels
Used for handling potash, salt, Sulphur & dry bulk materials The East Berth:
(190) meters long
(11) meters draft
Receives up to (40,000) tons displacement vessels
Used for handling bulk fertilizer and ammonia, chemical products
24. Industrial Port Pictures
25. APMTThe Danish Port Management APMT started its duties in 2004
Its objectives:
Transfer Aqaba port to the global standards
Increase the port productivity
Drive Aqaba port to be an international hub
26. Port Achievements Ending of Congestion
The return of international lines to serve Aqaba port directly
Establishment of the Window Berth System
Increase in Port productivity by 40%
Inland Logistics Port Complex
Increase in the Traffic, Container and Car handling volumes