Mawani handles 12 mln tons of food products in the first 5 months of 2020

Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) said that the Kingdom witnessed an increase in the quantity of food products imported and exported in the first five months of 2020 by 15% year-on-year (YoY) to 12 million tons.

Jeddah Islamic Port handled the most quantity of food products during the period at 5 million tons, followed by King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam at 4.2 million tons.

The authority indicated that it achieved a 6.36% increase in total cargo handling to 28 million tons in May 2020 compared to the same period last year, in addition to raising the volume of cargo goods by 8% or 212,000 containers.