Mina Rashid (; ), also referred to as Port Rashid, is a man-made
cruise terminal in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
,
United Arab Emirates
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. It was Dubai's first commercial port; in 2018 cargo operations moved to
Jebel Ali Port. It is a seafront coastal destination, tourist cruise destination, and residential area. It is the permanent home of ''
Queen Elizabeth 2''.
History
The port is named after Sheikh
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum and it was opened in 1972.
At the time the port only had two
gantry crane
A gantry crane is a Crane (machine), crane built atop a wikt:gantry, gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. They can range from enormous "full" gantry cranes, capable of lifting some of the heaviest loads in the wor ...
s and a capacity of less than 100,000
TEUs.
In 1978, the port was expanded to include 35 berths (five of which were able to be used by the largest
container ship
A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal ...
s at the time).
Later, the port
hich has a depth of 13 metres (43 ft)had 9 gantry cranes and a capacity of 1,500,000 TEUs.
Mina Rashid provided berths for general cargo,
RoRo and
passenger
A passenger is a person who travels in a vehicle, but does not bear any responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle, and is not a steward. The vehicles may be bicycles, ...
vessels. In the early 1980s, Mina Rashid was supplemented by
Port of Jebel Ali, which is further from the commercial centre of Dubai near the
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...
border.
Adjacent to the port are
Dubai Drydocks and
Dubai Maritime City. Both of these facilities were built due to Mina Rashid's proximity. But, in January 2008, it was announced that the port would be redeveloped.
All cargo operations will move to Jebel Ali Port by the end of March 2018.
Mina Rashid will turn into a
cruise terminal.
Also, part of the port will be reclaimed by
Nakheel Properties to create "a vibrant mixed-use urban waterfront" that will house 200,000 residents.
In collaboration with
DP world, top developer Emaar had announced an exclusive launch of a new project Sirdhana at Mina Rashid, which offers 1-3 Bedroom Apartments situated within a new maritime destination of Mina Rashid, Dubai.
''Queen Elizabeth 2''
Port Rashid is the current location of the former
Cunard Ocean Liner ''
Queen Elizabeth 2'' (''QE2'') which arrived there on 26 November 2008 at the end of her final voyage for the company before being handed over to her new owners.
In March, 2017, a Dubai-based construction company announced it had been contracted to refurbish the ship. The restored ''QE2'' opened as a floating hotel on 18 April 2018.
References
External links
Official website
Transport in Dubai
Ports and harbours of the United Arab Emirates
Communities in Dubai
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