Mawani achieves container increase in August
The General Ports Authority “Mawani” announced that its ports achieved an increase in the number of handling containers during the month of August 2023 by 4.79%, reaching 721,629 standard containers, compared to 688,667 standard containers in the same month of 2022 AD as a result of the continuous development operations that “Mawani” is working on. “Within the framework of raising the level of operational and logistical performance. The number of containers issued during the month of August 2023 witnessed an increase of 5.98% to reach 218,051 containers, compared to 205,740 containers in the same period of the previous year, and the number of containers received increased by 1.91% to reach 226,738 containers, compared to 222,480 containers, in the corresponding month of Year 2022 AD. Transshipment containers recorded an increase of 6.29%, reaching 276,840 containers compared to 260, 447 containers in August 2022, which reflects the success of Mawani’s efforts in improving the competitiveness of services provided to beneficiaries, in addition to developing infrastructure, in a way that meets the requirements of development and the national economy, contributes to strengthening global supply chains, and is in line with the objectives of the national strategy for transport and logistics services. By consolidating the Kingdom’s position as a global logistics center and the meeting point of three continents. Tonnages of foodstuffs during August 2023 witnessed a decrease of 29.48% to reach 1,570,665 tons, compared to 2,227,104 tons in August 2022. The ports also recorded a decrease of 17.20% in the total tons handled, reaching 24,118,698 tons of goods, compared to 29,128,327 tons. tons In the corresponding period of 2022, the volumes of general cargo reached 609,007 tons, solid bulk cargo 3,865,565 tons, and liquid bulk cargo 11,689,841 tons, while the ports recorded an unloading rate of 557, 849 heads of livestock, an increase of 273.82%, compared to 149,230 heads of livestock in the same period in 2022 AD. Navigational traffic also increased by 8% by about 1,026 ships, compared to 950 ships, in August 2022. The Authority’s ports also received 74,591 passengers, an increase of 38.09% over the corresponding month in 2022, which recorded 54,017 passengers, while the ports received 74,374 cars, an increase. It was 2.61% compared to 72,482 cars in the same period of the previous year. It is noteworthy that the Kingdom jumped 8 international ranks from 24th to 16th internationally in annual container handling production capacity according to the 2023 Lloyd's List global classification of the 100 largest ports in the world.