Saudi Ports Authority Explained

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Ports Authority الهيئة العامة للموانى
Abbreviation:	MAWANI
Formation:	1976^[1]
Type:	Port authority
Headquarters:	Saudi Ports Authority Building Al Dabab Street 15162 Riyadh, 11422
Region Served:	Saudi Arabia
Budget:	SAR 1.710 billion (US$456 million)^[2]
Website:	Official Website (English)

Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) is a government agency that supervises the ports of Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1976 as an independent agency of the Prime Minister's office, to bring together the governance and operations of the multiple ports of the country to one office. Over time the actual operation of the ports was devolved by government contract to independent port operating companies.^[3]

Ports

Saudi Ports Authority supervises the following major Saudi ports:^[4]

• Jeddah Islamic Port
• King Abdulaziz Port Dammam
• King Fahad Industrial Port Yanbu
• King Fahad Industrial Port Jubail
• Jubail Commercial Port
• Yanbu Commercial Port
• Jizan Port
• Port of NEOM^[5]
• Ras Al-khair Port
• king Abdullah port

See also

• Transport in Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Red Sea Authority
• Port authority
• Port operator
• Oil tanker

External links

• Saudi Ports Authority official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ministry of Transport, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Ports Authority. 13 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20111205020624/http://www.mot.gov.sa/en/Pages/R_Mo2asasa.aspx. 5 December 2011.
2. Web site: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Ports Authority. Board of Directors of Saudi Ports Authority Meets In Yanbu. Media Center. 13 August 2012. 18 January 2012.
3. Web site: Saudi Ports Authority. www.ports.gov.sa.
4. Web site: Saudi Ports Authority. www.ports.gov.sa.
5. Web site: Port of NEOM: Connecting NEOM To the World. www.neom.com.