Emirates Ship Investment Company (EShips) has announced it has won a three-year contract to transport approximately one million tonnes of alumina annually to Emirates Aluminium Company (Emal), which is building a $5.7bn aluminium smelter in Abu Dhabi. Eships will transport the alumina in lots of 60,000 tonnes in 'Panamax' ships, the largest ships able to pass through the Panama Canal. The ships will initially unload at Jebel Ali port, Dubai, but will switch to Khalifa Port in Taweelah when ready, the company said.