The late HH Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the founder of modern Dubai, was a visionary- who saw great potential in the Jebel Ali Port that was carried out to this day.

Constructed in the late 1970s, the port was put in place to supplement the facilities at Port Rashid.

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Jebel Ali was once a small village on a strip of desert beach, and today it’s one of the busiest ports in the world

HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s father was the one who inaugurated the port that even eventually provoked international interest following Queen Elizabeth II’s visit.

In 1971, Jebel Ali was a small village on a strip of desert beach.
Now, it has grown to become home to one of the world's busiest ports…#Dubai pic.twitter.com/rI8VXy1eHS

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 3, 2019

Even naysayers of the past were proven wrong

And most (all) of the operators of ports in other parts of the world said that Jebel Ali would never work! I was privileged to have lived and worked in Dubai from 1978 – 1993.

— Bharat Jashanmal (@beejash) September 3, 2019

This is the Jebel Ali Port today…

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It’s the world’s ninth-busiest port and one of the largest man-made harbours

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Check it out when you get the time and relive this particular moment in history

Beauts.