Meed | Mawani implements $950m of Saudi port projects

Mawani implements $950m of Saudi port projects

2 June 2023

Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) is implementing a series of projects over the coming 18 months as part of its efforts to improve and expand infrastructure at ports and increase their utilisation rates.

The programme, worth about SR3.5bn ($950m), comprises just over 150 projects, of which 48 are strategic in nature, 90 infrastructure-focused and 14 targeting security enhancements.

The most significant projects are:

At Jeddah Islamic Port

A four-year contract to build a new road, interchanges and flyovers to link Gate 9 with the Al-Khumrah integrated logistics park.
Deepening over three years of the north basin approach channel to 14 metres and the construction of a bull nose dike

At Ras al-Khair Port

Increasing the draft depth of berths 11 and 12 to 16 metres
A three-year job to widen and dredge the approach channel from 300 metres to 500 metres and deepen it by 3 metres to 19 metres

Other key investments include installing integrated security systems at Jeddah Islamic Port and King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam and constructing a new 40MVA substation at King Fahd Port in Yanbu.

The contracts are expected to be tendered and awarded by the end of 2024.

Mawani’s planned investment comes on the back of several major contracts awarded over the past 12 months, including an agreement with DP World to set up the Al-Khumrah logistics park, the reconstruction and expansion of the first and second container terminals at King Abdulaziz Port, and the upgrade of berth infrastructure and draft depths at Jeddah Islamic Port and King Fahd Port.

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Edward James