Marching with the International motion towards easy regional and International Trade traffic by creating free Sea Ports which are not restricted by the traditional rules and procedures, and exploring the strategic location of Abu Dhabi in the middle of the South-East coastline of the Gulf area, Zayed Sea Port was established on June 1972.
Cooping with the modern developments in the field of marine transport industry, the cooperation between the Sea Port affairs staff and the other concerned departments, the anchors and the navigation canals has been deepened in order to enable the Port to receive deep divers vessels. The depth of the navigation platforms were increased between (9.5) -(13) meters in addition to the availability of (34) platforms with a total length of (2000) meters and (6) meters depth. Each platform is equipped with stations to supply the vessels with water and oil.
During the last period, the shipping freight income showed considerable increase. During last year it showed (1057737) tons of merchandise. It also showed that the increase during April 1991 reached (133603) tons against (66072) tons during the same month of last year.
The number of vessels received by the port is about (500) vessels per year. This number ensure that the national Administration of Zayed Sea Port is advancing steadily towards the achievement of the goals of the development plans.