Mawani launches initiative to support shipping lines at south end of SuezCanal

29/03/2021 Argaam


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The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) launched an initiative, today, March 29, to support international shipping lines stranded at the south end of the Suez Canal on the Red Sea coast, extending the services of the Kingdom’s Jeddah Islamic Port for ship transfers and container offloading.

 

The measures include an extended period of exemption from storage fees for transshipment containers - from 30 days to 60 days - for a duration of three months, as of March 27.

 

Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Islamic Port ranks first among the Red Sea ports, with a capacity of 130 million tons across 62 berths. The port has the capacity to accommodate the estimated number of containers on these vessels without affecting the port’s operations.

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