Container Terminal 2 (CT2)
Container Terminal in Qatar

Hamad Port’s Second Container Terminal

Container Terminal 2 (CT2) sits immediately north of CT1 at Hamad Port, sharing the same physical specifications: a 1,200-metre berth at 17 metres draft and a rated capacity of 2 million TEU per year. CT2’s development came in phases, with its first and second phases reaching full-scale operations by December 2020, several years after CT1 opened. QTerminals operates both terminals as part of the same joint venture between Mwani Qatar and Qatar Navigation (Milaha).

Published figures for CT2’s stacking area conflict across sources — QTerminals’ own general corporate materials and industry coverage of the terminal specifically report different numbers, most likely reflecting different construction phases or measurement boundaries rather than a correction of one figure by another. Rather than pick one figure to state as fact, we describe the yard qualitatively: a large-scale stacking operation expanded in phases alongside the terminal’s own development.

CT2’s more recent history is its automation upgrade. Reporting from 2024 describes QTerminals introducing remote-operated ship-to-shore cranes, hybrid rubber-tyred gantries and electric yard tractors at CT2 — an environmental and efficiency upgrade to existing capacity rather than a physical expansion of the terminal’s footprint.

Clearing Cargo at CT2

Cargo discharged at CT2 clears through the same Al-Nadeeb customs single-window process as the rest of Hamad Port. Maalbardaar coordinates customs filing and inland delivery for CT2 containers exactly as it does for CT1 — confirm the terminal named on your specific delivery order, since carrier service rotations determine which of Hamad Port’s terminals a given booking actually calls.