The nine ports in Saudi Arabia remain robust, recording a 9 percent growth in container traffic 2004 and 2011, increasing to 6 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEU) from 3 million TEU.
Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) said recently in the executive summary of its infrastructure series covering power, airports, seaports, roads & railways, ICT and water.
The Jeddah port alone accounted for 4 million TEU of container traffic in 2011 and is one of the top 50 container ports in the world with a ranking of 27.
Port authority for all the ports is Saudi Ports Authority and independent terminals of a port are given to a private sector for operation.
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