Spanish companies sign agreement to expand Aqaba's industrial port

By JT - Feb 01,2015 - Last updated at Feb 01,2015

AMMAN — Jordan Industrial Ports Company on Sunday signed an agreement with a consortium of two Spanish companies to expand the industrial Port, according to a company statement.

Under the agreement, the consortium will work to re-qualify and expand the industrial pier at the southern port of Aqaba, which is equally owned by the Arab Potash Company and the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC).

JPMC Chairman Amer Majali said that after expansion works are completed, the pier capacity will be doubled and it will be able to receive larger ships carrying from 5 to 100,000 tonnes.

This will enable the company to export its produced DAP fertiliser, potash and other products such as phosphorus pentoxide and also import needed raw materials, he added. Expansion and re-qualifying works will take 22 months, according to Majali. Spain’s Ambassador to Jordan Santiago Ansorena attended the signing ceremony, besides representatives of the companies involved.

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