Abu Dhabi Ports Celebrates Emirati Women’s Day
;s President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Abu Dhabi Ports noted several other success stories at Abu Dhabi Ports of remarkable Emirati women at different levels, amongst those are Aisha Hassan Al Marzouqi and Laila Al Bishr, the first two women to operate dock cranes at Khalifa Port, Afra Salem Al Marzouqi the first Emirati to operate forklifts at Khalifa Port. Fawziya Hasan Al Dhaheri is the first Emirati woman to work as VTS operator within Abu Dhabi Marine Services "SAFEEN" and Sahar Rasti is the first woman to work at ‘SAFEEN’ and the first to obtain
First Emirati Port Operations Team in Abu Dhabi
cover all of the different tasks involved in a ship’s arrival in the port to load or unload it and escort it safely back to the open sea. What do ‘port operations’ involve? From the moment that the captain of an approaching container ship sends out a berthing request to Khalifa Port’s control tower (usually several hours ahead), the arrival and departure of the visiting vessel is carefully planned. Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) A crucial point of contact in the planning and operations stage is the operator of the Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) &ndash
