First container cargo launched from Jubail Business Port to Riyadh Dry Port by way of a brand new railway hyperlink.
Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has introduced the inaugural container cargo from Jubail Business Port to Riyadh Dry Port by way of a newly established railway hyperlink.
The consignment was transported alongside the railway line connecting Jubail Business Port to the East Practice Community, with a cargo load of 78 TEU. Mawani has confirmed that the railway has a most capability of 140 TEU per journey.
The operation was carried out in cooperation with the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority GAZT, Saudi Arabia Railways SAR, and the Mediterranean Delivery Firm (MSC).
Mawani entered right into a partnership settlement with Saudi Arabia Railways in early April to ascertain a unified framework and undertake a basic organizational and legislative mannequin for cargo transportation actions to and from Mawani’s ports by way of railways. That is according to the targets of the Nationwide Transport and Logistics Technique “NTLS” and the Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030.
Specifically, the goal is to realize built-in transportation of containers, bulk supplies, and basic cargo by rail connections between ports, together with King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam, King Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail, Jubail Business Port, and Ras Al-Khair Port, enhancing their competitiveness and repair high quality whereas selling sustainable options.
Sharjah-based port operator Gulftainer stated that by its subsidiary, Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Firm (GSCCO), based mostly in Saudi Arabia, the corporate managed the dealing with of 59 full import containers from the 14,000 TEU container vessel MSC Danit. The containers have been offloaded and processed on April 28, setting sail the next day.
“The whole course of unfolded seamlessly. Inside lower than 24 hours, our skilled crew efficiently stevedored the vessel and ready 59 containers for rail transport. This achievement underscores our dedication to excellence in logistics and provide chain business in Saudi Arabia and the area,” Tim Haas, Group Chief Working Officer at Gulftainer, stated.
“Since 2010, the Gulftainer subsidiary has collaborated with Saudi authorities and developed the Jubail Container Terminal, growing its capability from 200,000 TEU to 1.5 million TEU. GSCCO is among the main port operators in Saudi Arabia.”
Jubail Business Port boasts a dealing with capability of 1.8 million TEU yearly and is strategically positioned 80 kilometers north of Dammam, with direct inland hyperlinks to Riyadh, providing an alternate gateway to Saudi Arabia’s increasing market.
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