Containerised cargo across Saudi ports has maintained its upward swing during November, growing by 8.3% to 631,165 TEUs from 582,783 TEUs in the same month last year.
The results come amid active steps taken by the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) to develop the national maritime sector, optimise and automate its operations, streamline processes, boost value-driven partnerships with the private sector, build logistics parks, upgrade customer experience, and expand shipping services in line with the objectives of the National Transport and Logistics Strategy (NTLS).
According to Mawani, the detailed breakdown of container data reveals a 10.57% jump in exported boxes at 183,023 TEUs, compared to 165,520 TEUs in November 2021. Similarly, imported containers for last month stood at 189,029 TEUs, a 12.66% surge relative to last year’s figures. Additionally, the transshipment sector edged up by 3.86% to 259,108 TEUs against the previous year’s tally of 249,477 TEUs.
On the other hand, non-containerised cargo saw a 5.32% drop to 25,629,112 tons this year from November 2021.
Moreover, general cargo throughput witnessed a massive jump of 97.06% from 513,959 tons during November 2021 to 1,012,830 tons in the same month in the current year. Likewise, dry bulk cargo increased by 6.79% to 4,487,183 tons in comparison to 4,202,866 tons previously while liquid bulk cargo plummeted 14.46% to 13,708,604 tons from 16,025,826 tons in 2021.
Furthermore, Saudi ports received 1,258 vessels in November, 11.92% higher than last year’s total of 1,124 vessels. With a 44.85% leap, vehicle throughput for the same period equaled 83,352 units versus 57,543 units last year.
