Mawani + RSGT complete upgrades at Jeddah Islamic Port: A Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) partnership has wrapped up expansions and upgrades at Jeddah Islamic Port’s North Container Terminal, now dubbed RSGT, with investments valued at SAR 1 bn, according to a Thursday press release. The upgrades took under three years to complete and are pursuant to a build, operate, and transfer contract concluded between Mawani and RSGT, the statement said.

Details: The upgrades see the terminal’s area more than doubled from 700k square meters (sqm) to 1.5 mn sqm and handling capacity boosted from 2.5 mn TEUs to 6.2 mn TEUs, via the addition of 24 new shore-to-ship (STS) cranes, the statement said. Other improvements to port infrastructure include the expansion of RSGT’s northern waterway to accommodate ships with a 17 meter draft, the refurbishment of all buildings at the terminal, a new high technology control room, automated main gates for trucking that have a larger capacity and are equipped with Optical Character Recognition (OCR), as well as 146 new pieces of equipment to support operations.

ICYMI- Mawani kicked off a feedback survey last week on newly drafted regulations that look to oversee the port authority’s relationship with investors and tenants of shipyards, warehouses, industrial, commercial, and residential facilities. Mawani-managed ports in KSA saw a 12% y-o-y boost in container handling to 8.4 mn TEUs in 2023.

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