Khalifa Port signs deal for major grain facility
ABU DHABI, January 25, 2021 Abu Dhabi Ports has inked a 50-year land lease agreement with Anchorage Investment, for the development of grain storage and processing plants at Khalifa Port, to be managed by National Feed, one of the largest agro commodity processors in Abu Dhabi. Set to be developed on a 100,000-sq-m plot, and with an initial design capacity of 300,000 tonnes, the facility will introduce grain storage and processing capabilities to the multi-purpose port for the production of key food and animal feed ingredients. Providing Abu Dhabi Ports’ customers with direct access to competitive food ingredients, the facility will utilise grain resources to convert wheat into flour for baked goods, corn into starch and glucose, barley, corn, and wheat by-products into animal feed.
Khalifa Port strengthens UAE food security via new facility reporters@khaleejtimes.com Filed on January 25, 2021
Signing of 50-year lease with Abu Dhabi Ports for the development of grain storage and processing facility at Khalifa Port
Grain storage and processing plant will support local food production through the conversion of grain into food and feed ingredients
Abu Dhabi Ports has inked a 50-year land lease agreement with Anchorage Investment, for the development of grain storage and processing plants at Khalifa Port, to be managed by National Feed, one of the largest Agro commodity processors in Abu Dhabi.
Set to be developed on a 100,000-sqm plot, and with an initial design capacity of 300,000 metric tonnes, the facility will introduce grain storage and processing capabilities to the multi-purpose port for the production of key food and animal feed ingredients.
Shipping and other trade services between the UAE and Qatar are set to resume following the announcement by Khalid Abdullah Belhoul, Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, that the UAE will begin to end all measures taken against the State of Qatar in 2017. He indicated that the UAE will