King Abdullah Port container handling rises 45% in 4 months

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Port saw a 45 percent increase in container handling in the first four months of this year, compared to the same period last year, chief executive officer Rayan Qutub said in a statement.

The increase will play an important role in promoting King Abdullah Port as a logistics hub strategically located on the Red Sea, Qutub said.

“The progress at King Abdullah Port falls in line with Vision 2030’s logistics goals to link the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe by offering state-of-the-art services and infrastructure to service international shipping lines and facilitate transshipment services as well as imports and exports,” the statement said.

In 2017, the port recorded an annual handling of 1,695,322 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) container units – 21 year-on-year increase.