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Issue 13


Summer 2011


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the future Securing


The Khalifa Port project will play a key role in Abu Dhabi’s economic future – and Page Europa is helping to ensure that it operates smoothly and securely


The Khalifa Port Industrial Zone (KPIZ) is not just Abu Dhabi’s largest infrastructure project, it is one of the biggest installations of its kind in the world. And Page Europa, a General Dynamics UK Company, has been tasked with implementing the systems that will help it run efficiently and remain secure.


Major undertaking


This is a huge project. The site, located at Taweelah, 35km northeast of Abu Dhabi city, will span an area of more than 417 square kilometres – far larger than Abu Dhabi island and a quarter of the size of Greater London. The port itself is being built offshore using a 2.6 million sq m marine platform connected to the shore via a 4.6km causeway.


The first stage of the project alone is estimated to


cost Dh26.6bn (£4.45bn), including the first phase of the port construction and Industrial Zone A – the smaller of


Trusted to deliver


the two industrial areas that are planned for KPIZ. The 50 sq km Zone A includes the port and is designed to house medium and heavy industry as well as trade and logistics areas. Zone B, at 95 sq km, will also accommodate those industrial, trade and logistics areas, but will also have space for residential, retail and other commercial sections. Both will be ‘free zones’, allowing 100% foreign ownership of the businesses sited there.


The project, which has completed the first of five


phases, is due to be finished in 2030, and by then it’s expected to be handling 37 million tonnes of cargo and five million containers every year. At that point, Khalifa Port will replace Abu Dhabi’s largest current port, Mina Zayed, which will be freed for development as a residential and commercial zone.


For Abu Dhabi, it will provide an important foundation


for the future, moving away from a focus on the oil and gas business. The port and industrial zones will create an


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