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In recent weeks the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has signed an agreement to set up a new bunker facility, at King Fahad Industrial Port in Yanbu, with Saffania Navigation, and a deal to build a logistics park near Jeddah with Bahri.
In future Saffania Navigation will be bunkering fuel around the clock to incoming vessels through the terminal, in addition to managing its operation and maintenance needs for a period of ten years. The bunker station includes storage tanks for bunker fuels, pumping stations, pipeline networks, bunker measurement and metering stations, heating and cathodic protection for bunker tanks and pipeline networks, a control room and safety and fire protection systems.
King Fahad Industrial Port in Yanbu, with its 34 berths and 10 terminals, serves the city’s industrial zones and is an export hub for crude oil, gas, refined petroleum products and petrochemicals.
Mawani has further agreed a long-term deal with Saudi Arabian shipping giant Bahri to build and operate an integrated logistics park on 95436 m2 of land at the Jeddah Islamic Port.
Bahri CEO, H.E. Abdullah Aldubaikhi, said: “Leveraging Jeddah Islamic Port’s strategic location, this agreement will further expand Bahri’s import, transport, distribution, and storage capabilities and help the company raise the level of its services according to international standards.”
Once it is built, Bahri will manage operations at the facility for 20 years. The logistics zone will provide storage and handling services for all types of inbound and outbound shipping containers that are owned by Bahri and other operators. It will be capable of storing reefer, insulated and dry containers and will provide a range of services, such as container maintenance and repair, container cleaning, bonded storage and haulage.
The deal is the latest in a series signed by Mawani to strengthen the position of Jeddah port. In November last year, the port authority reached a similar deal with Maersk Saudi Arabia to establish an integrated logistics park at the Jeddah Islamic Port, set to be the company’s largest in the Middle East.
