AQABA — The Secretary-General of the
AqabaSpecial Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) Mahmoud Khalifat confirmed in a press
statement that Aqaba's main ports will operate at full capacity during the Eid
Al-Adha holiday. Work will only stop at the container port for a period of
three hours — from five in the morning until eight in the morning — on the
first day of the holiday.
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Khalifat added in a press statement on Sunday
that work in customs yard No. 4 will stop on the first day of Eid Al-Adha.
Then, its work will resume on the second day of eid at full capacity. Work will
continue in all the relevant departments of the ASEZA to serve the city of
Aqaba and its visitors during the blessed
Eid Al-Adha holiday, the statement
said.
Director General of the Aqaba Company for the
Management and Operation of Ports Khaled Al-Maaytah indicated that the handling
operations in the port witnessed an active movement during the first six months
of 2021. He said that 860 ships with a total tonnage estimated at 7 million
tonnes were received, including 960 thousand sheep, a tonne of grain, and 2
million tonnes of phosphates, potash, and fertilizers.
The passenger port also received about 45,000
passengers that traveled between the Egyptian ports of Aqaba and Nuweiba.
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