Ports

Saudi Arabian port calls more than halved

In the first three months of the year, the country’s largest ports saw a drop in the number of calls of around 63%, mainly due to the crisis in the Red Sea.
In the first three weeks of April, eight of the ten largest shipping companies called at the ports 25 times, compared to 88 times during the same period last year. | Photo: Florian Gaertner/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
In the first three weeks of April, eight of the ten largest shipping companies called at the ports 25 times, compared to 88 times during the same period last year. | Photo: Florian Gaertner/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by METTE GRUBE CONDRUP

The number of calls to the Saudi Arabian ports of Jeddah and King Abdullah City suffered a 63% drop in the first quarter of 2024 compared to 2023, according to the research house Alphaliner.

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