{"id":110292,"date":"2026-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/?p=110292"},"modified":"2026-06-17T02:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:58:34","slug":"saudi-pivots-to-land-logistics-as-doubts-over-hormuz-linger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/saudi-pivots-to-land-logistics-as-doubts-over-hormuz-linger\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi pivots to land logistics as doubts over Hormuz linger"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kingdom\u2019s trucking corridors are proving vital in times of <\/strong>regional <\/strong>instability. <\/strong>As the US-Iran war has kept the Strait of Hormuz in a state of limbo, Bloomberg<\/a> explores how logistics providers are turning to land routes to circumvent the maritime corridor, and Saudi Arabia is poised to capture the upside of this shift.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlternative routing such as land bridges and smaller ports may be more cumbersome, <\/strong>but it is working<\/strong>,\u201d freight intelligence platform Xeneta\u2019s Peter Sand told the business information service. The strategy has paid off for German industrial giant Siemens Energy: the firm identified a 2k-km overland route linking Jeddah to Dammam that helped it keep its business running despite shipping disruptions, gas services head Karim Amin said. And Siemens wasn\u2019t alone: MSC alerted customers back in March<\/a> of inland alternatives connecting King Abdullah and Jeddah ports to ports on the Arabian Gulf, allowing cargoes to bypass the Strait of Hormuz on their way to Asian destinations.<\/p>\n

The pivot could become permanent: <\/strong>\u201cEven if the Strait of Hormuz reopens, shippers will be cautious about returning to an over-reliance on ports [...] because the geopolitical situation will remain fragile and a sudden deterioration puts them back to square one,\u201d Sand said. <\/p>\n

^^ Want to read more?<\/strong> Check out our deep dive<\/a> into how Gulf supply chains rerouted overland when Hormuz went dark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cEven if the Strait of Hormuz reopens, shippers will be cautious about returning to an over-reliance on ports,\u201d said Xeneta\u2019s Peter Sand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2561],"tags":[10,238,229,5042],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-110292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saudi-in-the-news","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-logistics","tag-saudi-in-the-news","tag-trucking","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"59759a95-11a3-4f36-a1ff-8e8eb1de35be","order":"9","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/6\/908.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Is trucking here to stay","related_issue":[110277],"teaser":"\u201cEven if the Strait of Hormuz reopens, shippers will be cautious about returning to an over-reliance on ports,\u201d said Xeneta\u2019s Peter Sand"},"yoast_head":"\nSaudi pivots to land logistics as doubts over Hormuz linger - 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