MAWANI says cargo throughput up 14% to 321M tons in 2024

Jeddah Islamic Port

The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) reported a 14.45% increase in cargo throughput to 320.8 million tons in 2024 compared to 300.5 million tons in 2023.

 

Outbound containers rose by 9% to 2.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), compared to 2.6 million TEUs in 2023. Inbound containers also increased by 14% to 2.98 million TEUs, compared to 2.62 million TEUs in 2023.

 

Overall container throughput reached 7.52 million TEUs, down 11% from 8.44 million TEUs in 2023.

 

Transshipment containers declined 47% to 1.72 million TEUs, compared to 3.23 million TEUs in 2023.

 

Vessel traffic declined by 5% to 11,600 ships in 2024, compared to 12,130 in 2023. The number of passengers also fell 27% year-on-year (YoY) to 736,180 last year. Meanwhile, vehicles decreased by 4% YoY to 1.1 million in 2024, from 1.14 million in 2023.

 

The following table shows the performance of Saudi ports in 2024:

 

Performance of Saudi Ports

Item

 2023

 2024

Growth

TEUs (mln)

8.44

7.52

(11%)

Outbound Containers (mln)

2.59

2.82

+9%

Inbound Containers (mln)

2.62

2.98

+14%

Transshipment Containers (mln)

3.24

1.72

(47%)

Cargo Throughput (mln tons)​

300.54

320.78

+7%

General Cargo (mln tons)​

7.62

9.98

+31%

Dry Bulk Cargo (mln tons)

49.06

52.12

+6%

Liquid Bulk Cargo (mln tons)

152.58

177.44

+16%

Passengers (mln)

1.01

0.74

(27%)

Livestock (mln)

8.12

9.72

+20%

Number of Vessels (‘000)

12.13

11.56

(5%)

Number of Imported Vehicles (‘000)

2.48

1.09

(5%)

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