Musaffah Port

Musaffah Port is an Abu Dhabi Ports' port located in the industrial town of Musaffah south west of the city of Abu Dhabi. The deepwater Musaffah Port and Musaffah Channel include a general cargo terminal at the northwest corner of the Musaffah Industrial Area, as well as an extensive waterfront nearly 40 km long that is occupied by numerous private berths and terminals. It's the city's second port after the establishment of Zayed Port in 1972.The port and channel serve the adjacent Musaffah Industrial Area and the industrial areas of ICAD I, ICAD II and ICAD III. A number of large commercial and industrial companies occupy the waterfront, including steel works, shipyards, rig construction, offshore construction and supply, dredging, shipping and construction companies.Developing MusaffahIn the 1990s, after a period of local restoration and infrastructural works, interest increased in developing Abu Dhabi's nearby township of Mussafah as an industrial centre. In 1996, the Abu Dhabi Seaports Authority announced a Dh2.4 billion development plan of the area, including the building of a new port in Mussafah. In 1998, many medium-rise buildings, mostly for offices, were proposed, and a local police station was built.New Musaffah ChannelBuilt to provide a safe navigation channel with unrestricted air draft for vessels between the Musafah Industrial Port and the Persian Gulf, a US$411 million (AED 1.5 billion) upgrade deepwater Musaffah Channel was completed and handed over to Abu Dhabi Ports in February 2011, nearly doubling the channel depth after dredging more than six million cubic metres of sand. The new channel replaced the existing access channel to the Mussafah Industrial Area. Located off the south-western shoreline of Hudayriat Island, the 53 km channel was built to better serve the Mussafah Industrial Zone and the future ICAD areas.