New shipping service launched to link Dammam to four global ports

New shipping service launched to link Dammam to four global ports

Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced the addition of Aladin Express DMCC’s shipping service, Gulf-India Express 2 (GIX2), to King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam in a bid to boost direct trade and shipping between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world.

The Port, which ranked fourteenth in the World Bank’s Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) for 2021, had handled a record 199,609 TEUs last August, thanks to its best-in-class operating and logistical capabilities, continuing development streak, and resolve to scale greater heights in productivity and performance.

The new service will connect the capital of the Kingdom’s Eastern Province to the ports of Jebel Ali (UAE), Khalifa Bin Salman (Bahrain), Hamad (Qatar) and the Mundra port in India Jebel Ali in the UAE, Khalifa Bin Salman in Bahrain, Hamad in Qatar, and Mundra in India every two weeks via the vessel "Green Ace", which has a carrying capacity of 1,740 TEUs, reported SPA.

This step is part of the developmental drive undertaken by Saudi ports to elevate ports and the maritime transport sector as well as upgrade its portfolio of services to importers, exporters, and shipping agents in what is an extension to Mawani’s pursuit of strengthening the logistics industry