AD Ports Group and Archireef Announce Deployment of Eco Sea Wall Panels in Saadiyat and Al Aliah Islands

Abu Dhabi, UAE – 29 March 2024: AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), the main facilitator of world commerce, logistics, and trade and Archireef, a pioneering nature-tech firm, in the present day introduced the deployment of Eco Sea Wall Panels at two places in Abu Dhabi, Al Aliah Ferry Terminal and Saadiyat Marina and Ferry Terminal with the goal to draw marine biodiversity again to shorelines which have undergone improvement works.

The Eco Sea Wall Panels, that are produced from nature-based supplies together with oyster shell powder, are put in as proof of idea throughout two websites in Saadiyat Island and Al Aliah respectively in partnership with Abu Dhabi Maritime, who’re creating and managing the terminals.

Operating underneath AD Ports Group, in cooperation with the Integrated Transport Centre – Department of Municipalities and Transport, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (DMT), Abu Dhabi Maritime is devoted to managing the expansion of Abu Dhabi’s maritime area which extends to defending the marine ecosystem.

The design of the panels delivers elevated pure complexity to flat quay partitions, and in consequence, are anticipated to draw intertidal marine life again to the shore.

David Gatward, Chief Engineering & Technical Services Officer, AD Ports Group stated:
“Our progressive collaboration with Archireef represents a strategic step in the direction of enhancing marine ecosystems and is in line with AD Ports Group’s broader environmental aims and our dedication to ecological preservation. Notably, AD Ports Group has applied important environmental initiatives for the preservation of the pure surroundings, together with one of the biggest coral relocation and conservation initiatives at Khalifa Port.”

Deniz Tekerek, Chief Commercial Officer at Archireef and co-inventor of the Eco Sea Wall Panels stated: “We have at all times seen ourselves as a ‘reef-to-shore’ firm that works on marine ecosystems past coral reefs. With these Eco Sea Wall Panels, we now have been capable of apply our expertise in eco-engineering and marine science to an ecosystem that’s adjoining to coral reefs.”

The undertaking is supported by an AED 100 million R&D fund launched by ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based funding and holding firm in 2022. The fund kinds half of ADQ Growth Lab, a group of innovators throughout ADQ’s portfolio that realises the corporate’s dedication to accelerating innovation and R&D with a concentrate on unlocking development alternatives and driving worth creation and sustainability throughout precedence sectors of the UAE’s economic system.