JIP handled 60.6 million tons of cargo, as well as a total of 4.88m teu of containers, a figure which included 2.76m teu of transhipment boxes, in 2021. Mawani did not say which periods were being compared in the recording of the 117% growth.

In January, it announced the launch of new shipping services from JIP, bolstering partnerships with some of the world’s largest shipping lines, such as Hapag Lloyd, CMA CGM, COSCO and ONE, and connecting the Middle East to Europe and North Africa, and the Indian subcontinent, through key ports, especially Tangier Med in Morocco and Algeciras in Spain.

It said one of the new lines would link JIP with the Indian Ocean and northern Europe. “The service will consist of seven vessels with a capacity equivalent to 8,500 standard containers per vessel, approximately 48 vessels per year, which will allow a greater cargo capacity,” it said.

Source: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports/saudi-moroccan-trade-jumps-thanks-jeddah-islamic-port