Saudi Arabia’s port company Mawani has entered a strategic partnership with French liner group CMA CGM to expand and modernize container infrastructure across key national ports, including berth extensions, new handling facilities and logistics upgrades, with the goal of lifting total Saudi port capacity toward 40 million TEU.
In the past 24 hours, Saudi Arabia has confirmed a strategic agreement between its national port company Mawani and France’s CMA CGM, one of the world’s four largest container shipping and logistics groups. According to Arab business media and international trade coverage, the partnership envisages the expansion of berths to accommodate larger vessels, development of new yards and facilities for container handling, and upgrades to logistics capabilities at ports including Jeddah, Dammam, Jubail, Yanbu and King Abdullah Port. The planned capital investments are expected to add more than 2 million TEU of capacity, representing a major step toward the national target of raising Saudi ports’ combined throughput capability to 40 million TEU.
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