Besides the Dammam-based port, the IMX route will call at the ports of Jebel Ali, Khalifa, Nhava Sheva, Hazira, Mundra, and Hamad onboard three vessels
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Saudi Ports Authority adds shipping services linking Jeddah Islamic Port to East Africa
Weekly East Africa – Red Sea service will link Jeddah Islamic Port and King Abdullah Port to the trade hubs of Djibouti, Mombasa, and Dar Es Salaam
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Saudi Ports Authority adds King Abdulaziz Port to the newly-launched India-Saudi-Iraq shipping service
The service is operated by Singapore-based feeder operator Bengal Tiger Line
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Maersk and Mawani to build $350m Middle East’s largest logistics zone at Jeddah Islamic Port
The project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2024
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Saudi Ports Authority adds Jubail Commercial Port to India Gulf Service shipping route
The new cargo service will commence from February 12
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Saudi Ports launches new shipping service connecting India, Western Mediterranean
The new service will call at the ports of Jebel Ali, Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Djibouti, Gioia Tauro, Genoa, Barcelona, Valencia, Salerno, Marsaxlokk, King Abdullah, and Jeddah Islamic Port
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Mawani adds Jubail Commercial Port to India-East Med shipping service
The new service will connect the Kingdom to Turkey, the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and the Middle East
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Saudi ports container cargo handling posts 8.3% rise in November
The data for November showed a 10.57 percent increase in exported boxes at 183,023 TEUs, and a 12.66 percent rise in imported containers for last month at 189,029 TEUs
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Saudi Arabia, India new sea trade links announced
The weekly service will link the Saudi port to major regional hubs such as Jebel Ali, besides Mundra, and Pipavav ports in the western Indian state of Gujarat by the container ship BIG DOG
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Luxury cruise ship docks at Saudi Red Sea Yanbu port, heralding start of cruise season
The current season is expected to welcome over 75 calls from international cruise lines at both Yanbu and Jeddah ports
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Saudi Ports Authority adds Sea Lead to its new freight service ‘FAM’ at King Abdulaziz Port
The announcement coincided with the launch of the added EJBS service from the Emirates Shipping line, connecting Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait, Port of Jebel Ali in the UAE and Khalifa bin Salman Port in Bahrain to the Dammam port
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Saudi port sector registers 15.33% jump in container handling to 694,517 TEUs in October
The overall cargo throughput witnessed a 3.34 percent increase from 25,858,562 tonnes in October 2021 to 26,722,044 tons this year
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Mawani announces launch of Gulf-India Express 2 from Dammam’s King Abdulaziz Port in bid to boost trade
The new service will connect the capital of the Kingdom’s Eastern Province to the ports of Jebel Ali in the UAE, Khalifa Bin Salman in Bahrain, Hamad in Qatar, and Mundra in India
Mawani
Saudi ports record over 9 percent rise in container handling in September 2022
In the wake of the stability of shipping prices, the cargo throughput at Saudi ports saw a 3.2 percent increase during the period to reach 25,678,865 tons
infrastructure projects
Saudi Ports Authority signs contracts for integrated logistics park, new births at Jeddah Islamic Port
The value of the new infrastructure projects to be implemented is to the tune of over SAR 900 million
cargo operations
Saudi ports posts 14 percent jump in cargo handling to reach 212 million tonnes during Jan-August 2022
Passenger traffic during the period was up by 42.85 percent to reach 610,060 passengers
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Saudi Ports Authority launches $4.7 million gate expansion work at Jeddah port
The SAR 17.5 million expansion work will also help reduce transition time between the port and Al Khumra warehouse city from 40 to 25 minutes