The ports supervised by the General Authority for Ports (Mawani) have handled 654,865 TEUs in September 2025, compared to 673,368 TEUs during the same period last year, reflecting a 2.75 per cent decrease.
Outgoing containers reached 237,349 TEUs, a decrease of 7.14 per cent compared to 255,606 TEUs last year. Incoming containers decreased by 3.02 per cent to reach 250,725 TEUs compared to 258,521 TEUs last year.
Transshipment containers increased by 4.74 per cent to reach 166,791 TEUs, compared to 159,241 TEUs last year.
Additionally, ports supervised by the Saudi Ports Authority achieved a 9.52 per cent increase in the number of containers handled during August 2025, reaching 750,634 standard containers, compared to 685,414 standard containers during the same period last year.
Mawani also achieved an 8.6 per cent increase in the total tonnage handled during September 2025, reaching 22.5 million tonnes, compared to 20.7 million tonnes during the same period last year.
The total general cargo reached 1.2 million tonnes, solid bulk cargo reached 5.7 million tonnes, and liquid bulk cargo reached 15.6 million tonnes.
Maritime traffic also increased by 1.1 per cent to reach 1,001 ships, compared to 990 ships during the same period last year.
Earlier this summer, Mawani signed a land lease contract with the National Petroleum & Petrochemical Tanks & Pipeline Co. (Petrotank) to establish an integrated marine bunkering hub at King Fahad Industrial Port in Yanbu.
