KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Municipal Council approved the expansion of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Monday, increasing its area tenfold to 116 million square meters. The Ministry of Public Works requested this expansion for the maritime port on Boubyan Island, in order to build 24 new berths, bringing the total area to approximately 1,161 hectares divided into several zones. The breakdown of the total port area includes: a maritime navigation zone covering 2,022 hectares, the first phase of the marine port at 490 hectares, port services and access roads spanning 1,047 hectares, and a government use area of 206 hectares. (See Page 4)