Hamad Port

[2] Capable of handling up to 7.8 million tonnes of products annually, the bulk of trade which passes through the port consists of food and building materials.

[5] Umm Al-Houl, an area south of the capital Doha and near to industrial city Mesaieed, was selected as the location for the port.

The first shipment to Hamad Port was made in July 2015 by the heavy-lift ship Zhen Hua 10, containing cranes that were planned to be used to unload goods.

[9] The port is part of the Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast to the south via the southern tip of India to Mombasa, from there through the Red Sea via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub of Trieste with its rail connections to Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the North Sea.

[10][11][12] At the onset of the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis, which began on June 5, much of the traffic to Hamad Port was put to a stop due to the banning of Qatar-flagged ships from seaports in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt.