{"id":382944,"date":"2025-02-19T14:24:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=382944"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:24:32","slug":"terminal-in-jordan-reports-growth-in-ship-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/terminal-in-jordan-reports-growth-in-ship-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"Terminal in Jordan reports growth in ship handling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Jordan\u2019s Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) handled 494 ships in 2024, marking a 49% increase compared to the previous year, with total container throughput reaching 848,000 containers, according to the state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petra.gov.jo\/Include\/InnerPage.jsp?ID=68654&amp;lang=en&amp;name=en_news&amp;cat=en_news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petra<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a press conference, ACT CEO Harald Nijhof attributed this growth to the directives of King Abdullah II and the follow-up by Crown Prince Al Hussein, which have significantly contributed to the modernization and development of the terminal&#8217;s infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nijhof also mentioned innovations, including the upcoming arrival of a state-of-the-art quay crane in April and the introduction of 10 electric trucks, as part of its sustainability initiatives. The port aims to reduce carbon emissions by 65% by 2030 and achieve full carbon neutrality by 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Social actions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to its environmental strategy, ACT also focuses on corporate social responsibility, supporting over 70,000 beneficiaries through initiatives targeting students, schools, low-income families, and public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more:<br><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/jordan-forecasts-2-5-growth\/\">Jordan forecasts 2.5% growth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-382935\">ACT<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aqaba Container Terminal saw a 49% increase in ship handling last year. Infrastructure modernization is one of the key drivers of this growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":382935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[13302,2264,9537,36464,2265,52459],"class_list":{"0":"post-382944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-aqaba","9":"tag-containers","10":"tag-jordan-en","11":"tag-porto-en","12":"tag-ports","13":"tag-terminals"},"wps_subtitle":"The Aqaba Container Terminal saw a 49% increase in ship handling last year. Infrastructure modernization is one of the key drivers of this growth.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}