Annual throughput at the King Abdullah Port increases over 36%

King Abdullah Port has secured its position as the second largest container port in Saudi Arabia as annual throughput rose to 2,301,595 by the end of 2018, an increase of over 36% year-on-year.

Since it began operations in the last quarter of 2013, the number of containers handled by the port has reached a total of 7,227,859 teu.

Rayan Qutub, CEO of King Abdullah Port, said: “King Abdullah Port constitutes a real success story in public-private sector partnerships in light of the increasingly outstanding figures it achieves year after year.”