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Cosco Shipping Ports and Abu Dhabi Ports inaugurated CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal at Khalifa Port, on Mon- day, positioning Abu Dhabi as the regional hub for Cosco’s global network of 36 ports and further connecting the emirate to the major trade hubs along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The deepwater, semi-automated container terminal includes the largest Container Freight Station (CFS) in the Middle East, covering 275,000 square metres. The state-of-the-art facility offers facilities for full and partial bonded container shipments, the full range of container packing services, short-term warehousing for de-consolidated cargo as well as easy connectivity with container terminals in Khalifa Port. The terminal is also the first international greenfield subsidiary of Cosco Shipping Ports, a subsidiary of China Cosco Shipping. The new terminal will ease the way for firms seeking to establish, expand or enhance trade by using local manufacturing, warehousing or logistics operations within Abu Dhabi and, thro-ugh them, service regional, Middle Eastern, African and international markets.