The depth of draft is 11 metres (36 ft) at the port and is linked with the new Musaffah Channel (a channel dredged 9 metres (30 ft) below the datum) which is about 53 kilometres (33 mi) in length. The port has a 342 metres (1,122 ft) long main quay and two 40 metres (130 ft) long side quays and covers an area of 37,500 square metres (404,000 sq ft). The channel's inner reaches are situated approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) inland from the location of the present-day lagoon. The banks at the eastern end of the Musaffah Channel reportedly have " Pleistocene reworked dune deposits, unconformably overlain by Holocene carbonates and sabkha evaporates". The Musaffah Channel is a man-made canal, with gypsum crystals described as large and bladed. A new tunnel of 280 m length links the airport with Musaffah. The port facility provides for cargo operations and warehousing for a wide range of clients. Located off the south-western shoreline of Hudayriat Island, the 53 km channel was built to better serve the Mussafah Industrial Zone and the future ICAD areas. The new channel replaced the existing access channel to the Mussafah Industrial Area.
New Musaffah Channel īuilt to provide a safe navigation channel with unrestricted air draft for vessels between the Musafah Industrial Port and the Persian Gulf, a US$411 million (AED 1.5 billion) upgrade deepwater Musaffah Channel was completed and handed over to Abu Dhabi Ports in February 2011, nearly doubling the channel depth after dredging more than six million cubic metres of sand. In 1998, many medium-rise buildings, mostly for offices, were proposed, and a local police station was built. In 1996, the Abu Dhabi Seaports Authority announced a Dh2.4 billion development plan of the area, including the building of a new port in Mussafah. In the 1990s, after a period of local restoration and infrastructural works, interest increased in developing Abu Dhabi's nearby township of Mussafah as an industrial centre.
Offshore construction and supply, dredging, shipping and construction companies. A number of large commercial and industrialĬompanies occupy the waterfront, including steel works, shipyards, rig construction, The port and channel serve the adjacent Musaffah Industrial Area and the industrialĪreas of ICAD I, ICAD II and ICAD III. It's the city's second port after the establishment of Zayed Port in 1972. Nearly 40 km long that is occupied by numerous private berths and terminals. Northwest corner of the Musaffah Industrial Area, as well as an extensive waterfront The deepwater Musaffah Port and Musaffah Channel include a general cargo terminal at the Musaffah Port ( Arabic: ميناء مصفّح) is an Abu Dhabi Ports' port located in the industrial town of Musaffah south west of the city of Abu Dhabi.