Editing Transport in Kuwait (section)

===Mubarak Al Kabeer Port===
{{Main|Mubarak Al Kabeer Port}}
Under China's [[Belt and Road Initiative]], the [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is part of the first phase of the [[Madinat al-Hareer|Silk City]] project.<ref name="beltroad2">{{cite web|title=China and Kuwait to Build New Port|website=Port Technology|date=21 February 2019|url=https://www.porttechnology.org/news/china_and_kuwait_to_build_new_port/}}</ref><ref name="bri">{{cite web|title=Phase One of Kuwait's BRI-Backed US$130 Billion Silk City Opens|work=[[Hong Kong Trade Development Council]]|date=10 June 2019|url=https://beltandroad.hktdc.com/en/insights/phase-one-kuwaits-bri-backed-us130-billion-silk-city-opens}}</ref> As of 2021, the Mubarak Al Kabeer Port is currently under construction.<ref name="phase">{{cite web|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً|website=Al Rai|date=30 March 2021|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web|author=Ranju Warrier|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation|website=Construction Week|date=19 February 2021|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun">{{cite web|title=المجلس الوزراء الكويتي يعقد اجتماعه الاسبوعي - حكومة - 15/03/2021 - كونا|website=Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)|date=15 March 2021|url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2964229&language=ar|quote=ثم أحيط مجلس الوزراء علماً بتوصية اللجنة بشأن إفادة وزير الأشغال العامة عن الأعمال التنفيذية لتشغيل المرحلة الأولى من مشروع ميناء مبارك الكبير، والترتيبات القانونية والإدارية والتعاقدية لتنفيذه|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="full">{{cite web|title=جهاز الحرير وبوبيان يستكمل ميناء مبارك الكبير بعد... 2024|website=Al Rai|date=26 April 2021|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1532402/محليات/جهاز-الحرير-وبوبيان-يستكمل-ميناء-مبارك-الكبير-بعد-2024|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="date">{{cite web|title=Kuwait Quarterly Newsletter - Issue 4 January 2021|date=18 February 2021|page=5|url=https://www.rsm.global/kuwait/sites/default/files/media/news/Publications/kuwait_quarterly_newsletter_-_issue_4.pdf}}</ref> In September 2020, it was reported that the port was 53% complete.<ref name="completion">{{cite web|title=Kuwait SCPD provides updates on $10.4bn worth of projects|website=Middle East Construction News|date=20 September 2020|url=https://meconstructionnews.com/43441/kuwait-scpd-provides-updates-on-10-4bn-worth-of-projects|quote=On the other projects, the top Kuwaiti official said the work on Mubarak Al Kabeer Port project had reached 52.7% completion}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Kuwait - Developed Infrastructure|website=New Kuwait|url=https://www.newkuwait.gov.kw/r2.aspx}}</ref> In March 2021, it was announced that Kuwait and Pakistan will develop linkages between Pakistan's [[Gwadar Port]] and Mubarak Al Kabeer Port.<ref name="pk">{{cite web|title=Pakistan, Kuwait agree to develop linkages b/w Gwadar & Mubarak Al Kabeer Port|website=radio.gov.pk|date=18 March 2021|url=https://radio.gov.pk/18-03-2021/pakistan-kuwait-agree-to-develop-linkages-bw-gwadar-mubarak-al-kabeer-port}}</ref><ref name="pka">{{cite web|title=Pakistan, Kuwait agree to strengthen links between Gwadar, Mubarak Al Kabeer ports|website=arabnews.pk|date=19 March 2021|url=https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1828076/pakistan}}</ref> In April 2021, the port's first phase was completed (4 berths).<ref name="full" /> As part of Mubarak Al Kabeer Port's development, [[Bubiyan Island]] will contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]|date=March 2021|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations|website=[[Zawya]]|date=23 March 2021|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait|website=[[Zawya]]|date=17 February 2021|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in [[Subiya, Kuwait|Subiya]],<ref name="suba">{{cite web|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone|website=[[France24]]|date=1 May 2019|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref> the Subiya power plant is the largest power plant in Kuwait.<ref>{{cite web|title=GE's Gas Turbine Upgrades Increase Output And Efficiency at Kuwait's Sabiya West CCGT 2,000 MW Power Plant|work=Utilities Middle East|url=https://www.utilities-me.com/news/13425-ges-gas-turbine-upgrades-increase-output-and-efficiency-at-kuwaits-sabiya-west-ccgt-2000-mw-power-plant|date=24 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sabiya West Combined-Cycle Power Plant|url=https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/sabiya-west-combined-cycle-power-plant/|work=NS Energy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kuwait's Sabiya Power Plant at Full Power to Meet Country's Summer Peak Electricity Demands|url=https://www.ge.com/news/press-releases/kuwaits-sabiya-power-plant-full-power-meet-countrys-summer-peak-electricity-demands|work=[[General Electric]]}}</ref> Mubarak Al Kabeer Port is among Kuwait's largest infrastructure projects in 2021.<ref name="april">{{cite web|title= الوطني: 40% منها ترتبط بالبناء والتشييد|website=[[Al-Anba]]|date=25 April 2021|url=https://www.alanba.com.kw/ar/economy-news/1038824/25-04-2021--مليارات-دينار-المشاريع-المخطط-تنفيذها-/|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="anba">{{cite web|title=الأشغال: طرح 92 عقداً خلال العام المالي 2021 / 2022 |website=[[Al-Anba]]|date=2 May 2021|url=https://www.alanba.com.kw/ar/kuwait-news/municipal-council/1040561/02-05-2021-الأشغال-طرح-عقدا-خلال-العام-المالي-/|language=ar}}</ref> There is a current road project connecting Mubarak Al Kabeer Port's first phase to the existing road network in Bubiyan Island.<ref name="road">{{cite web|title=الأشغال تُسلّم "شركة كوبري" موقع عمل طريق ميناء مبارك - بوبيان مطلع ديسمبر|website=Al Rai|date=22 November 2020|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1509234/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تسلم-شركة-كوبري-موقع-عمل-طريق-ميناء-مبارك---بوبيان-مطلع-ديسمبر|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="full" /> Mubarak Al Kabeer Port's [[fire station]]s are currently under development.<ref name="Fire_station">{{cite web|title=أكاديمية الكويت لعلوم الإطفاء... الصرح الثالث على مستوى العالم|website=Al Rai|date=18 April 2021|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1531173/محليات/لقاءات-وتحقيقات/أكاديمية-الكويت-لعلوم-الإطفاء-الصرح-الثالث-على-مستوى-العالم|language=ar|quote=بالإضافة إلى مركزي إطفاء بري وبحري في جزيرة بوبيان في ميناء مبارك، بالتعاون مع وزارة الأشغال}}</ref> The port is set to be environmentally sustainable.<ref name="gsas">{{cite web|title=GSAS to be adopted in Kuwait following a strategic partnership between GORD and NTEC.|website=e-mc2.gr|date=18 April 2019|url=https://www.e-mc2.gr/el/news/gsas-be-adopted-kuwait-following-strategic-partnership-between-gord-and-ntec}}</ref>