Ports
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port
Kuwait · Under construction
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port on Boubyan Island is a planned container port whose first phase comprises a 1,200-metre terminal with capacity of 2.7 million TEU a year, with later phases adding 14 berths for more than 8 million TEU. Kuwait signed an EPC contract with CCCC in December 2025, and the port's infrastructure sustained material damage in a drone and cruise missile attack on 27 March 2026, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
- Owner
- Kuwait Ministry of Public Works
- Main contractor
- China Communications Construction Company (CCCC)
- Location
- Boubyan Island, northern Kuwait
- Expected
- No official date
- Status source
- Under construction · 2 Jul 2026
- Status checked
- 27 Sept 2026
Verified · updated 28 Sept 2026
Key facts
$4 bn
Largest awarded contract
Marine Insight· Tier 3·Signed Dec 2025·24 Dec 2025·About this indicator
Major projects · Kuwait
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Sources
- Marine Insight · marineinsight.com · Tier 3