Year: 2017

King Abdullah Economic City, April 2017 King Abdullah Port landed the 98th spot among the world’s biggest container ports for 2016, up from 104th the previous year, according to Alphaliner, a global maritime data originator. Alphaliner’s report ranks ports based on capacity, measured by units of standard twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers. According to the […]
King Abdullah Economic City, January 2017 King Abdullah Port announced the increase of its annual throughput to 1.4 million TEU by the end of 2016, representing an increase of around 8% compared to 2015. The annual throughput increase comes despite the challenges facing the markets and the slowdown of global economic growth. In addition, King […]