Saudi ports overseen by the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) have achieved a 16.85% growth in container throughput during November, reaching 737,530 TEUs.
Exported containers during the previous month recorded an increase of 15.95% to 212,216 TEUs, while imported boxes also soared by 18.67% to 224,324 TEUs. At the same time, transshipments registered a 16.16% rise to 300,990 TEUs.
Moreover, Mawani reported that general cargo volumes totalled 891,980 tons, dry bulk cargo equaled 3,494,161 tons, while liquid bulk cargo amounted to 11,205,789 tons.
On the other hand, Mawani’s ports unloaded an estimated 754,124 cattle heads, a 159% leap from 291,169 cattle heads during the same period in 2022.
Meanwhile, the Saudi ports received 82,649 vehicles, a 0.84% fall from 83,352 units during the same period last year. Likewise, vessel traffic edged up by 2.11% to 1,016 ships versus 995 ships in November 2022.
Cargo throughput witnessed a 6.13% drop to 23,717,049 tons in contrast to 25,265,615 tons in the same period in 2022.
Mawani had earlier added 27 new cargo services run by global shipping companies to Saudi ports throughout 2023, aiming to expand the network of regular maritime links connecting the country with the rest of the world.