Saudi Ports saw a double-digit increase in cargo throughput last year — a boost in the Kingdom's logistics hub ambitions.
Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) reported a 13% increase in port throughput in 2022 to an estimated 237 million tonnes, compared to 210 million tons in the preceding year.
"The annual results mirror the mission of the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) to transform the nation's ports into an operationally efficient and robustly-regulated industry thriving on streamlined processes, high-impact partnerships, world-class infrastructure, global connectivity, digital transformation, and top-tier customer experience while fulfilling the Kingdom's logistics hub ambitions set by the National Transport and Logistics Strategy (NTLS)," the announcement said.
The year-end statistics for 2022 also highlight a 3.2% surge in container volumes at 10,355 million TEUs in contrast to 10,035 million TEUs a year earlier.
Mawani also noted a 5% boom in imported and exported boxes to 4.839 million TEUs from 4,628 million TEUs in the previous period.
Similarly, transshipments increased by 2% to hit 5,16 million tons in comparison to 2021's tally of 5,406 million TEUs.
On the commodities front, Saudi ports unloaded around 3,93 million cattle heads across 2022, up 9% year-on-year over the prior year's total of 3,62 million.
Likewise, 973,000 cars rolled off incoming vessels at a 25% growth rate versus 778,000 units previously.
