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The General Organisation of Sea Ports (GOP) has released the operational statistics for the first quarter, showing steady improvement in the overall efficiencies and turnover times at KBSP for the period.
"The new port began operations on April 15, when we welcomed the APL Dalian, the first container vessel to berth at KBSP," said Shaikh Daij bin Salman bin Daij Al Khalifa, chairman of GOP.
"This marked the beginning of the transition period from the Mina Salman facility to the Khalifa Bin Salman Port."
Looking specifically at the volume of goods imported, exported and re-exported from KBSP, general cargo throughput was 19.6 per cent higher in June than in April, which represents a 17.3 per cent increase over the same period in 2008.
Additionally, gate-turn times saw impressive improvement compared to the same period in 2008.
