Doha: The Ministry of Municipality and Environment represented by the Fish Affairs Department has said that the work is in full swing to complete the largest expansion project of fishing ports in Qatar.
“The project which includes the development of fishing ports in Al Wakra, Al Khor, Al Ruwais and Al Thakhira Jetty, is expected to complete soon,” said Director of Fish Wealth Department at MME, Abdulaziz Mohammad Al Dehaimi in a statement.
He said that the operation of the marine berth for boats and ships and the related services will begin within three months. “This project will help improve the productivity of fishing vessels and boats and maintain the quality of fish. The ports with its equipment are among the most important services fishermen need,” he said.
He added that the works on the project has made great progress. “The development of Al Khor and Al Wakra ports and Al Thakhira Jetty has been completed 100 percent while the work on Ruwais port has reached about 95%.”
“The project includes the establishment of floating berths for ships and boats for fishermen and private parking, to cover the needs of each port of marine berth and contribute to finding an appropriate solution to the problem of overcrowding of ships and boats in fishing ports,” said Al Dehaimi.
He said that the project, launched in 2019, is among the most important national programmes and projects under the second National Development Strategy 2018-22. “The project is being implemented by the UrbaCon Trading and Contracting Company (UCC) under the supervision of the Qatar Ports Management Company.”
He said that the project also includes providing the expansion area in the fishing ports with alarm systems, firefighting, CCTV surveillance systems, boats landing slips, fuel supply stations, and administrative offices to serve fishermen and sea-goers, in addition to the most important services needed by fishing vessels and boats.
“The expansion project for Qatari ports included the establishment of 69 marine berths for boats and 3 berths for security patrolling boats at Al Thakhira fishing Jetty.”
He said that the project also aims at building 208 marine berth in Al Khor Port, including 140 boat berths and 68 ship (launchers) berths, and 368 marine berths at fishing port of Al Wakra including 188 boat berths and 180 ship berths. “A total of 233 ship berths are being developed at Al Ruwais fishing port including 250 boat berths and 72 ship berths,” said Al Dehaimi.
