Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Economic City - Port of Red Sea

Technical specifications - planned from 2017

  • Installed capacity: 2.7m moves (3.7m TEUs)
  • Draught: 16.5m
  • Quay length: 2,100m
  • Area: 105ha
  • Maximum vessel size: 16,000 TEU
  • No. of Quay Cranes (STS): 18
  • No. of Quay Cranes (MHC): 3

Planned Key features

  • Located in the vicinity of King Abdullah Economic City, which is expected to become the main economic centre of the region
  • Several phases of capacity increase planned
  • The port is designed to handle the new generation mega-vessels
  • State-of-the-art terminal with the latest technology available