Khalifa Port to export first shipment of 700 boxes of Borouge plastics

ABU DHABAI Terminals (ADT) has announced that Khalifa Port received the first shipment of polyethylene for export from major plastics producer Borouge, reports AMEinfor.com.

The port received more than 700 containers of polyethylene from the vessel Al Bazm II from Borouge's petrochemicals plant in Ruwais, 250 kilometres west of the capital, which has already exported 25,000 TEU this year.

Previously, Borouge had used Abu Dhabi's Mina Zayed to export its products to customers globally. Abu Dhabi Terminals has already announced that 30 per cent of Mina Zayed's container traffic has already been moved to the new port - two months ahead of schedule.

"Routing our polyethylene and polypropylene products through the new Khalifa Port enables us to better serve customers, and we look forward to Khalifa Port's contribution to the successful growth of Borouge in the international plastics industry," said Wim Roels, CEO of Borouge's marketing and sales company.

Borouge manufactures two million tonnes of polyolefins at its plant in Ruwais and is currently expanding the plant's capacity to 4.5 million tonnes by mid-2014.

Said ADT chief executive Martijn van de Linde: "This demonstrates our ability to offer world class container terminal services as well as integrated logistics, and that Khalifa Port is already offering largely increased value to the Abu Dhabi economy."

Borouge was established in 1998 as a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Austria-based Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions.