MANAMA: A new wharf built at an investment of $20 million will enable Bahrain-based structural steel producer Sulb to cut greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 18,000 tonnes annually.
Inaugurated yesterday by Transportation and Telecommunications Ministry assistant under-secretary for ports affairs Bader Al Mahmood, the new private port facility located at Salman Industrial City in Hidd is 230 metres long and can accommodate ships of up to 180m length overall (LOA) and 40,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) .