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. On 22 December 2025 the Ministry of Public Works signed contract A/31/2025 with CCCC for the engineering, procurement and construction works to complete phase 1 (stage 5A), worth KD 1,218,687,634.321 over 60 months, according to the ministry's contract announcement, 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 Sep 2026
Verified · updated 27 Oct 2026
Key facts
KWD 1.22 bn
Awarded contract
Kuwait Ministry of Public Works — announcement of signed contract A/31/2025 (Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port, phase 1, stage 5A)·Signed 22 Dec 2025·read on 27 Oct 2026·updated 27 Oct 2026·About this indicator