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Saudi Ports add East Africa, India and Iraq connections

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced the addition of a series of services linking the country to East Africa, India and Iraq.

Gary Howard, Middle East correspondent

March 3, 2023

1 Min Read
King Abdullah Port
King Abdullah Port

Jeddah Islamic Port has been added to the East Africa - Red Sea and Red Sea shipping services by MSC. The weekly East Africa – Red Sea service will be served by four 2,500 teu vessels on a weekly basis and connect Jeddah Islamic Port and King Abdullah Port to Djibouti, Mombasa, and Dar Es Salaam.

The Red Sea services runs bi-monthly and will link Jeddah and King Abdullah to Port Sudan on a 1,000 teu vessel with an estimated transit time of one day.

Mawani also announced that Singapore-based Bengal Tiger Line has added King Abdulaziz Port to its newly-launched India-Saudi-Iraq (ISI) shipping service.

A 929 teu vessel will link Dammam to the Indian port of Mundra and the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.

About the Author

Gary Howard

Gary Howard

Middle East correspondent

Gary Howard is the Middle East Correspondent for Seatrade Maritime News and has written for Seatrade Cruise, Seatrade Maritime Review and was News Editor at Lloyd’s List. Gary’s maritime career started after catching the shipping bug during a research assignment for the offshore industry. Working out of Seatrade's head office in the UK, he also produces and contributes to conference programmes for Seatrade events including CMA Shipping, Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East and Marintec. 

Gary’s favourite topics within the maritime industry are decarbonisation and wind-assisted propulsion; he particularly enjoys reporting from industry events.

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