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Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للموانئ) is a government agency that supervises the ports of Saudi Arabia.It was founded in 1976 as an independent agency of the Prime Minister's office, to bring together the governance and operations of the multiple ports of the country to one office.
Sixteen new piers were constructed at the port as part of the development. In 1975, the port imported 2.486 million tons of goods or about 40% of Saudi Arabia's total imports for that year. Imports through Dammam port reached 14.515 million tons in 1982. A total of 3,228 ships visited the port in 1987, and 7.322 million tons of goods were imported.
An aerial view of al-Jubayl Port. The King Fahad Industrial Port (Jubail) is a Saudi port located in Jubail city of Saudi Arabia. [2] The port was established in 1974 to serve Jubail Industrial city and now is considered as one of the largest industrial ports in the world. [3]
Jeddah Islamic Port is a Saudi Arabian port, located in Jeddah on the Red Sea, at the middle of an international shipping route between the east and west via the Suez Canal. It is the second-largest and second-busiest port in the Arab world (after the Port of Jebel Ali in Dubai , UAE ).
The port, like many other Saudi ports, has undergone many development projects since the establishment of Saudi Arabia. Currently, the port sector, including Yanbu Commercial Port, is led by the Saudi Ports Authority. [3] Yanbu Commercial Port’s operations grow faster as in 2018 only the port operated 3.33 million tons of cargo. [4]
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) was founded in 1976 as a government agency to oversee and maintain the kingdom's ports, and it currently maintains nine ports throughout the kingdom. [19] Several other ports are not maintained by Mawani but by other entities, such as the King Abdullah Port in the King Abdullah Economic City near Rabigh .
King Fahad Industrial Port has a total length of 25 km and an area of 50 km 2. The port has 34 berths with a capacity of 210 million tons per year. There are three terminals in the port; General Cargo and Containers Terminal, Bulk Cargo Terminal, and Crude Oil Terminal. [2]
Saudi Arabia: Official name: King Fahd Causeway: Other name(s) Bahrain Bridge (by residents of Saudi Arabia), Saudi Bridge (by residents of Bahrain) Named for: Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud: Maintained by: King Fahd Causeway Authority: Website: www.kfca.sa: Characteristics; Total length: 25 km (16 mi) Width: 23 m (75 ft) Longest span: 150 m ...