Saudi Arabia’s Ports Authority (Mawani) has unveiled a major new cargo shipping service that could reshape trade corridors connecting the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, a move with implications for regional exporters and global supply chains.
Saudi Arabia has launched the Red Sea Express, a new cargo service in partnership with shipping company Folk Maritime and petrochemical giant SABIC, linking King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu with Ain Sokhna in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan.
The initiative is part of the broader Red-to-Med logistics corridor, a multimodal transport network connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, including a high-speed electric railway currently under construction.
The service will speed up cargo handling, reduce waiting times, and improve supply chain efficiency across Red Sea trade routes. Vessels operating on the line will have a capacity of up to 1,100 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
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