Jebel Ali’s new Terminal 3 begins operations

With 19 highly sophisticated automated quay cranes and 50 automated rail mounted gantry (RMG) yard cranes, T3 will be at least 30% more carbon efficient than a conventional terminal operation and it will add 4m teu capacity to the port taking total capacity to 19m teu.

Automation has creating around 1,000 skilled jobs and the cranes will be operated from a purpose built operations building set apart from the quayside using remote control technology. Around 30% of the new quay crane operators are Emiratis of whom a third are women. The figure is even higher for RMG operators, with 70% of those recruited Emiratis and 70% are Emirati women.

Mohammed Al Muallem, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, DP World, UAE Region, said,“The expansion of Terminal 2, which we opened in June last year, and the opening of T3 this year mean we will be able to handle ten of the largest vessels afloat simultaneously – the only port in the region able to do so.”