King Abdulaziz Port has handled a record 18,553 TEU on a single vessel, making it the highest throughput recorded across Saudi ports.
The record was achieved aboard CSCL INDIAN OCEAN, a 400-metre, 20,000 TEU containership operated by Saudi Global Ports.
The CSCL INDIAN OCEAN beat the previous record of 18,021 TEU set in Q2 2022.
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This record comes less than a month after MAWANI and Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry agreed to establish an integrated logistics park at Al Khumrah, south of Jeddah.