Container handling up 20.9% to 668,000 TEUs in February: MAWANI

Saudi ports reported a 20.89% increase in cargo throughput tonnage to 667,880 TEUs in February, compared to 552,480 TEUs in the same period a year ago.

The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) said that transshipment containers were up by 28.09% to 155,330 TEUs compared to a year earlier.

The number of inbound containers increased by 26.18% to reach 272,210 in February, while the number of outbound containers was up 11.54% to 240,350.

The number of vehicles rose by 17.69% to 92,370, while the number of vessels increased by 13.06% to reach 1,385.

The ports received 837,550 livestock heads, a growth rate of 19.9% year-on-year (YoY), while passenger numbers fell by 6.82% to reach about 86,570.

The total handled cargo, which includes solid bulk cargo and liquid bulk cargo, increased by 9.22% to 18.15 million ton. The liquid bulk cargo reached 13.4 million tons.