{"id":84775,"date":"2025-02-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/02\/26\/trade-and-shipping-updates-from-algeria-syria-and-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:00:00","slug":"trade-and-shipping-updates-from-algeria-syria-and-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/02\/26\/trade-and-shipping-updates-from-algeria-syria-and-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade and shipping updates from Algeria, Syria and Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">SHIPPING + MARITIME-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Mawani adds Syria service:<\/strong> The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has launched a new shipping service to Syria \u2014 dubbed Caerus EXS6 \u2014 to facilitate the expansion of trade between the two countries, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mawani.gov.sa\/article?news=250225\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The new service will have a capacity of 858 standard containers and will call at Jeddah Islamic Port, Turkey\u2019s Iskenderun Port, and Syria\u2019s Latakia Port.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Trade in numbers: <\/strong>Syria\u2019s exports to KSA increased at an annual rate of 14.1% from USD 106 mn in 2018 to USD 204 mn in 2023, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oec.world\/en\/profile\/bilateral-country\/syr\/partner\/sau\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">OEC<\/a> data. Similarly, KSA\u2019s exports to Syria increased at a 158% annual rate from USD 1 mn in 2018 to USD 116 mn in 2023. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">TRADE-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Algeria<\/strong><strong>n <\/strong><strong>oil giant Sonatarch has broken ground on a new oil refinery with a 5 mn ton <\/strong><strong>annual capacity in Hassi Messaoud city<\/strong>, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SONATRACH\/posts\/pfbid027JPUpe2nTbqfJAcK5aEtsH1GyCUEN7rUm35EFT7SvKiJoJekivGV8hYLTVnkPLyjl\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The project \u2014 developed in partnership with Spanish firm Tecnicas Reunidas and China\u2019s Sinopec \u2014 will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase slated to begin production in October 2027. The project aims to boost national production and storage capacity and reduce transportation costs. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A major exporter:<\/strong> Algeria exported USD 5.7 bn worth of refined petroleum in 2023 and imported USD 141 mn worth during the same period, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oec.world\/en\/profile\/bilateral-product\/refined-petroleum\/reporter\/dza\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">OEC<\/a> data. The country mainly exported to the US, Germany, France, Japan, and the Netherlands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories on our radar this morning from around the region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","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":[63],"tags":[62,60,31,123,356,32,231],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-84775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-mawani","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-shipping-maritime","tag-syria","tag-trade","tag-turkey","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"e4993403-a3a6-4c08-9969-0c37f225c6bb","order":"11","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/2\/2533.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Trade and shipping updates from Algeria, Syria and Saudi Arabia","related_issue":[84757],"teaser":"Stories on our radar this morning from around the region","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/2\/.ee2f244d-434c-4099-a1f3-1792ca715e0d.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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