The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) has introduced the primary container cargo by way of railway from Jubail Industrial Port to Riyadh Dry Port.
This cargo, consisting of 78 containers, utilised the railway hyperlink between the Jubail Industrial Port and the East Railway community. The railway has a most load capability of 140 TEU per journey.
MAWANI collaborated with the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (GAZT), Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR), and Mediterranean Delivery Firm (MSC). This collaboration goals to advertise seamless transportation of containers, bulk supplies, and basic items by establishing rail connections between ports.
The SAR networks reportedly facilitate connectivity between the Riyadh Dry Port and varied ports together with King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, King Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail, Jubail Industrial Port, and Ras Al-Khair Port.
Furthermore, MAWANI entered right into a partnership settlement with Saudi Arabia Railways in early April to determine a unified framework and undertake a basic organisational and legislative mannequin for cargo transportation actions to and from MAWANI’s ports by way of railways.
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“Working the railway line enhances the connection between maritime and rail transport modes, will increase the effectivity of logistics operations,” stated MAWANI in a press release.
“This initiative will present logistical help to industrial and industrial ports within the Kingdom, enhancing their competitiveness and supporting commerce actions by providing secure and sustainable options that scale back dangerous emissions and assist keep the setting.”
Earlier this yr, MAWANI and MEDLOG, the logistics arm of MSC, invested a worth exceeding 150 million riyals ($40 million) within the built-in Logistics Park at Dammam’s King Abdulaziz Port.
Extra not too long ago, the port authority launched the Ports Group System (PCS) underneath the umbrella of the unified logistics window ‘Logistics’.
