Middle Eastern ports ranked as most efficient in the world
Ports in the Middle East have taken four of the top five spots in the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) developed by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, having responded best to the heavy volume growth and service volatility caused by the pandemic.
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Port tops the ranking in 2021, with regional competitors Port Salalah in Oman, Hamad Port in Qatar and Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi rounding out the top five along with Shanghai. Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Islamic Port also featured strongly in eighth place overall.
The ranking is based on time vessels needed to spend in port to complete workloads over the course of 2021, a year that saw unprecedented port congestion and disruption to global supply chains.
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