Manama: Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) has seen positive growth last year despite a slowdown in the global economy, the Transportation and Telecommunications Ministry announced yesterday.
The under-secretary of ports and maritime affairs Hassan Ali Al Majed said there was 11pc growth in the total local containers volume (exports and imports) at KBSP in 2015 as compared to 2014; as the total number of containers handling at the port reached 366,997 TEUs in 2015 as compared to 329,508 TEUs in 2014 .