Year: 2017

King Abdullah Economic City, December 2017: The Ports Development Company, owner and developer of King Abdullah Port, has announced the appointment of Rayan Qutub as Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors welcomed the new CEO who will contribute to supporting and developing the port’s activities as well as fostering the port’s achievements over the […]

Hameedadin: Electronic integration will boost operational efficiency of the Customs’ morning and evening shifts Jeddah, October 2017 King Abdullah Port has announced the completion of the first phase of integration between the Port Community System, a computerized information system that facilitates access to information and allows efficient implementation of operations at the port, and the […]

King Abdullah Economic City, October 2017 King Abdullah Port has signed an agreement with AMSteel; a company specialized in operating ports and handling steel shipments. Through the agreement, AMSteel will operate the first bulk and general cargo terminal berth for a period of 25 years. King Abdullah Port management expects to operate the first bulk […]

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King Abdullah Economic City, August 2017 King Abdullah Port announced the increase of its throughput to 821,694 TEU in the first half of 2017, representing an increase of around 14% compared to the same time last year, where the throughput was 720,483 TEU. The port also announced an increase in the number of vessels received […]

King Abdullah Economic City, August 2017 In 2016, Container Management magazine, a British global leader specialized in ports, navigation, maritime transportation and container handling, issued a report that ranked King Abdullah Port by far the fastest growing of any in the publication’s global list of top 120 ports. Additionally, King Abdullah Port was ranked 98th […]

King Abdullah Economic City, June 2017 The Ports Development Company, the owner and developer of King Abdullah Port, has announced the completion of the building of a central operating room monitoring and linking together the X-ray customs inspection systems in the port. The room will also equip all customs inspection areas with a wireless network […]

Jeddah, June 2017 An atmosphere of trust, collaboration and unity settled over those gathered at this year’s annual iftar held by the Ports Development Company, the owner and developer of King Abdullah Port, with the participation of a wide array of guests including managers and stakeholders from the Economic Cities Authority, the Saudi Customs, the […]

King Abdullah Economic City, May 2017 Today, the Kingdom is moving with confidence and clarity towards promising new horizons with the implementation of Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Program 2020. Both the government and the private sector are working to implement initiatives in various economic fields. Now, the country is preparing to initiate a […]

Singapore, May 2017 King Abdullah Port successfully concluded its participation in and sponsorship of Sea Asia 2017, the event’s sixth edition, which was recently held in Singapore as part of Singapore Maritime Week. Sea Asia 2017 was co-organized by Seatrade and the Singapore Maritime Foundation. This first participation of its kind for King Abdullah Port […]