Saudi Ports: Gates for Trade and Development for World’s Continents

Saudi Ports: Gates for Trade and Development for World’s Continents

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is characterised by a strategic and important geographical location through overlooking the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea, making it a big connection between the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa and a main transport hub for the land, air and sea commercial routes, which was invested by the Saudi Vision 2030 that relied on diversifying the non-oil economy.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has launched the National Transport and Logistics Strategy – which is one of the basic aspects for the 2030 Saudi Vision – that contributes to enhancing the human and technical capabilities in the transport and logistics services sector, boosting connection with the global economy, enabling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to invest its geographical location amidst the three continents in diversifying its economy through establishing advanced industries of logistic services.

The strategy aims at making Saudi Arabia a global centre for transport and logistics services, and increasing the contribution of the sector to 10% of the GDP up from its current rate of 6%, in addition to make the Saudi Arabia among the top 35 countries on the cross-border commerce index, and to become among the top 6 countries in the quality of