Khorfakkan is one of the world's leading container transhipment ports. It is strategically located on Sharjah's Indian Ocean coast, outside the sensitive Straits of Hormuz and close to the main east-west shipping routes. It is only three hours from the UAE's main centres of population, Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf coast.  
 
Khorfakkan's location makes it an obvious choice for shipping lines with large transhipment volumes who also require easy access to the UAE hinterland. KCT is an ideal transhipment hub port with numerous feeder ship connections to Gulf Ports, Iran, India, Pakistan and East Africa.
 
Phase 1 of a major expansion has been completed, providing 4 Super Post Panamax gantries on 400 metres of berth with 16 metres of draft alongside - and now providing a total of 350,000 square metres storage space. Phase 2 will provide another 400 metres of berth and at least 6 new Super Post Panamax gantries - with completion anticipated at the end of 2008.
 
There is easy access from the open sea to its 1,460 metre long quay and containers are handled by fourteen ship to shore gantries plus a full complement of yard gantries, RTG's, tractors, trailers and forklifts. KCT has storage facility for over 30,000 TEUs, and a 3000 sq.metre dedicated transit shed and storage area for LCL cargo. There is also a large reefer container capability where loads are constantly monitored.
 
Major Shipping Lines calling at KCT include United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), CMA-CGM, Hanjin-Senator, Sea Consortium, MOL & Hapag Lloyd.