Mina' Salman is one of the major ports in the Middle East opened in 1980, which now has the only container terminal in the Middle East entirely operated by the local workforce. Mina' Salman is essentially an import/export port as far as container traffic is concerned. Bahrain port incorporates all the harbors on the NE coast of the Bahrain Islands; the port limits extending approximately westwards and southwards from Bahrain Approach Buoy.