Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 51-52

21/28-Dec-2009

Jordan

Expansion Planned For 'Aqaba Container Terminal

The 'Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), Jordans only container port, will see its wharf length doubled to 1,000ms as part of a new $235mn expansion project, it was announced on 14 December. The four year action plan, with final project phases set for 2013, will include a 460ms extension of the quay, with a depth of 17ms, increasing annual container throughout capacity to 2mn twenty-foot...