kizad is being built just down the road from the giant dubai port of jebel ali. does the uae really need two ports? >>sousa: i think that the manufacturing output of the region is going to justify the investment in the ports. i also think that while there are a number of ports that are popping up across the coast of the arabian gulf those ports are not necessarily competing with one another. for example the port that is coming to abu dhabi is not going to be competing with jebel ali, the existing port. the abu dhabi port is primarily aimed at servicing emal the emirates aluminium plant and other ancillary industries that are going to take hold in that area. >>reporter: there's also the issue of whether it is being built at the wrong time in the global economic cycle? >>gokkent: the share of economic activity for gcc economies and in general the middle east i think is rising within global economic activity. so we are projecting in the next five years in fact for the shares of mena economies to near double. >>reporter: abu dhabi is also investing heavily in trains,