Port of Jebel Ali
| Port of Jebel Ali | |
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Jebel Ali Port View
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| Location | |
| Country | UAE |
| Location | Dubai |
| Coordinates | 25°00′41″N 55°03′40″E / 25.01126°N 55.06116°ECoordinates: 25°00′41″N 55°03′40″E / 25.01126°N 55.06116°E |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Operated by | DP World |
| Available berths | 67 |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 13.6 million TEU (2013) |
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Jebel Ali (Arabic: جبل علي) (also sometime written "Mina Jabal Ali") is a deep port located in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jebel Ali is the world's ninth busiest port and the largest man-made harbour and the biggest and by far the busiest port in the Middle-East. Port Jebel Ali was constructed in the late 1970s to supplement the facilities at Port Rashid.
Jebel Ali port is located 35 km southwest of Dubai, in the Persian Gulf.
Jebel Ali Port, credited to the efforts of Rashid bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, was constructed in the late 1970s and opened in 1979 to supplement the facilities at Port Rashid. The village of Jebel Ali was constructed for port workers, and it has a population of 300 people. Covering over 134 square kilometres (52 sq mi). It is home to over 5,000 companies from 120 countries of the world. With 67 berths and a size of 134.68 square kilometres (52.00 sq mi), Jebel Ali is the world's largest man-made harbour and the biggest port in the Middle-East.
The port of Jebel Ali has become the port most frequently visited by ships of the United States Navy outside the United States. Due to the depth of the harbour and size of the port facilities, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and several ships of the accompanying battle group can be accommodated pier-side. Due to the frequency of these port visits, semi-permanent liberty facilities (referred to by service personnel as "The Sandbox") have been erected adjacent to the carrier berth.
Port Jebel Ali encompass over one million square metres of container yard. It also contains space for medium- and long-term general cargo storage, including seven Dutch barns with a total of almost 19 thousand square metres and 12 covered sheds covering with 90.5 square metres. In addition, Port Jebel Ali also consist of 960 thousand square metres of open storage.
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