Meet the UAE’s first female crane operator

Aisha Al Marzouqi is the UAE’s first woman to work as a crane operator at Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi.

Aisha, a 28 year-old Emirati, operates one of the port’s super-post-Panamax cranes weighing 1,932 tonnes with a height of 126.5 metres. Her main job is to unload container vessels using the crane which has a lifting capacity of 90 tonnes.

Aisha is currently in the final phase of her training programme and will be working independently on site upon completion of training. Unlike other occupations, Aisha’s workplace does not consist of a desk and computer, but rather a glass cabin with the necessary controls of the crane overlooking the vessels beneath her feet.

Original article by Maria Botros

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Meet the UAE’s first female crane operator