Saudi Ports See 13.61% Growth in Container Volume in March 2025

Ports overseen by the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) reported a 13.61% increase in handled containers in March 2025, reaching 699,928 TEUs, compared to 616,079 TEUs in March 2024. Exported containers saw a significant rise of 31.82%, reaching 280,341 TEUs compared to 212,672 TEUs, while imported containers increased by 7.78%, reaching 281,216 TEUs compared to 260,912 TEUs.

Transshipment containers decreased by 2.89%, totaling 138,371 TEUs, down from 142,495 TEUs in the previous year.

Total handled tonnage, encompassing general cargo, solid bulk cargo, and liquid bulk cargo, also saw an 8.69% increase, reaching 21,181,246 tons compared to 19,488,335 tons in the same period of 2024. This included 971,850 tons of general cargo, 4,515,924 tons of solid bulk cargo, and 15,693,472 tons of liquid bulk cargo.

Livestock arrivals at the ports reached 870,566, marking a 9.42% decrease from the 961,131 head recorded in the previous year.

Mawani’s exported containers surged by 18.25% in February 2025, reaching 215,491 TEUs, a notable increase from the 182,229 TEUs handled in February 2024.