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Saudi Arabia\u2019s ports ended December in the gains territory with a string of strong results across various indicators, chief among them the 13.63% year-on-year spike in container throughput from 841,055 TEUs to 955,731 TEUs.<\/p>\n
Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) statistics show a growth across container categories with a 7.15% growth in exported containers to 214,789 TEUs in comparison to 200,460 TEUs in 2021. Similarly, imported containers were up 24.41% to 246,023 TEUs from 197,709 TEUs a year earlier. Transshipments, too, maintained the upward trend by soaring at 11.76% to 494,919 TEUs as opposed to the previous year\u2019s tally of 442,850 TEUs.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, cargo volumes inched up by 14.06% from the 2021 levels of 25,962,471 tons to total 29,612,588 tons in December. Furthermore, numbers under this classification remained in the green with general cargo increasing by 35.27% from 612,303 tons to 828,247 tons. Likewise, dry bulk cargo jumped 12.99% to 4,427,370 tons versus 3,958,212 tons in the prior period while liquid bulk cargo was 14.28% higher at 16,197,188 tons when measured against 2021\u2019s count of 14,173,355 tons.<\/p>\n
December also saw the country\u2019s ports collectively process 1,723,177 tons of food commodities and 310,160 cattle heads across its facilities.<\/p>\n
Car imports in the concluding month of 2022 shot up by 22.74% to hit 80,146 units relative to 2021\u2019s volume of 65,297 vehicles. In addition, the inflow of vessels accelerated by 18.83% to 1,407 compared to 1,184 in the preceding year. Meanwhile, passenger movement into the country\u2019s trade hubs continued to ascend with a 35.37% leap from 75,575 pax to 102,305 pax last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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