Saudi Arabia to develop logistics hub in Djibouti
NewsSaudi Arabia has signed a 92-year deal to develop a logistics city in Djibouti’s free trade zone to boost trade with Africa and attract Saudi investors.
New record for King Abdulaziz Port
Container terminal in Dammam handles 18,553 TEU call exchange.
Mawani, the Saudi Ports Authority, has announced that the King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam handled a call exchange of 18,553 TEUs on a single vessel, making it the highest throughput ever recorded on a vessel call across all Saudi ports.
“Beating the previous record of 18,021 TEUs set in Q2 2022, the historic feat was achieved aboard CSCL INDIAN OCEAN, a 400-meter, 20,000-TEU containership arriving from the Far East, through the efforts of container terminal operator Saudi Global Ports,” Mawani said.
Mawani did not provide any details of the time taken for the call or the number of cranes deployed, but vessel AIS data shows the CSCL INDIAN OCEAN was in port at Dammam for a total of three days and four hours.
“Besides realising the strategic objectives of the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and the National Transport and Logistics Strategy (NTLS), the latest achievement brings to light the advanced operating capabilities and leading-edge logistics solutions at the Dammam based hub, which has increasingly served as a port of call for leading container carriers boasting mega fleets,” Mawani added.
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