The new container berth at Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT), which is undergoing finishing touches, is ready for business with a 400 m quay wall and 16 m alongside draft complete.

Four new and latest state-of-the-art ship-to-shore super post-Panamax gantry cranes have been installed and are operational, according to port officials.
The supporting yard equipment has already arrived and will be commissioned soon, giving a 25 per cent boost to the available berths and a 100 per cent increase in capacity. Overall, the new berth will raise the port’s potential throughput to over three million teu a year, the officials said.
Located on the reverse side of the present facility, the multi-million-dollar project will increase KCT’s present 1,060 m of quay by 400 m.
The new quay to be protected by an 800 m breakwater is designed to give maximum protection to the new berth, while at the same time providing the easiest possible access for 8,000-plus teu capacity ships.
The new state-of-the-art ship-to-shore super post-Panamax gantry cranes will be backed up by sophisticated ground equipment, including new rubber-tyred gantries (RTGs) and road trains.
The new ship-to-shore cranes will bring the total number of gantries in the port to 14.