Riyadh Dry Port

Riyadh Dry Port is a dry port in the city of Riyadh. It is the largest inland port
Riyadh Dry Port
in Saudi Arabia.[1] The port is located on off Exit 16 in Al Malaz, adjacent to the
Riyadh railway station.[2] Riyadh Dry Port covers an area of 918,639 m2 and Facility information
accommodates six 6,480 m2 warehouses.[3] Location As Sinaiyah, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
The port handled 250,000 TEU in 2003,[4] and 500,000 TEU in 2013,[5]
Constructed 1982
recording an 18% growth from 2012. Riyadh Dry Port handled 26,000 TEU in
May 2013, and 30,749 TEU in May 2014. On 5 June 2014, handled a record 987 Land area 918,639 m2
containers in a single day.[6] Operator BAAS International
Group
Saudi Railways
Organization
Contents
Annual TEU 500,000 (2013)
History
Rail information
See also
Rail lines SRO Cargo line
References
External links

History
Riyadh Dry Port was established in 1982. The port was initially operated by the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO), which also
operates the cargo line and manages empty container yards in Dammam.[7] SRO later decided to privatize the port's operations.[8]
BAAS International Group (BIG) won a 10-year contract to handle operations at Riyadh Dry Port in 2011.[9]

In May 2012, Musaid Al-Sayyari, the Head of the National Committee for Customs Clearance (NCCC) at the Council of Saudi
Chambers of Commerce and Industry, stated that "poor operation of the dry port [had] caused enormous damage to the goods".
Customs brokers filed complaints with the SRO regarding BIG's port operations, after the clearance of 7,000 goods faced
disruptions over a 45-day period.[10]

On 3 April 2013, Navis announced that it had completed the deployment of the Navis SPARCS N4 terminal operating system
(TOS) at the port.[11] The port also installed SAP enterprise application software making Riyadh the fifth port in the world to run
a combination of the SPARCS N4 V2.2, XPS and ECN4 NAVIS modules.[3]

In December 2016, customs authorities discovered nearly 5 kg of hashish hidden inside a consignment at the port.[12]

See also
Transport in Saudi Arabia

References
1. "Riyadh dry set to grow BAAS International,Riyadh dry port, Intermodal miscellaneous, July 2014" (http://www.wo
rldcargonews.com/htm/n20140907.730732.htm). World Cargo News. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
 2. "About us - Riyadh Dry Port" (http://www.riyadhdryport.com/03-RDP.php). Riyadh Dry Port. Retrieved 12 March
2017.
3. "Riyadh Dry Port Set for Greater Efficiency with New Software Backbone" (http://news.sap.com/mena/2012/10/1
5/riyadh-dry-port-set-for-greater-efficiency-with-new-software-backbone/). SAP MENA Press Room. 15 October
2012. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
4. "A review of dry ports" (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46525878_A_review_of_dry_ports).
ResearchGate. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
5. "BAAS International Group to expand Riyadh Dry Port" (https://www.porttechnology.org/news/baas_international_
group_to_expand_riyadh_dry_port). Retrieved 2017-03-12.
6. "Riyadh Dry Port activity to double with a new terminal" (http://www.zawya.com/story/Riyadh_Dry_Port_activity_t
o_double_with_a_new_terminal-ZAWYA20140708045102/). Zawya. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
7. "Riyadh dry port to be privatized" (http://www.arabnews.com/news/456017). Arab News. 24 June 2013. Retrieved
12 March 2017.
8. Staff, CW. "Rail authority to rejig, privatise Riyadh dry port" (http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-23087
-rail-authority-to-rejig-privatise-riyadh-dry-port/). Construction Week Online. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
9. "About us - BAAS International Group" (http://www.riyadhdryport.com/02-BIG.php). Riyadh Dry Port. Retrieved
12 March 2017.
10. "Poor handling disrupts 7,000 containers at Riyadh dry port" (http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-02/featu
res/sns-mct-poor-handling-disrupts-7000-containers-at-riyadh-20120502_1_containers-skilled-workers-ips).
Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
11. "Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Dry Port Goes Live with Navis SPARCS N4" (http://navis.com/news/press/saudi-arabias-ri
yadh-dry-port-goes-live-navis-sparcs-n4). Navis. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
12. MENAFN. "Riyadh Dry Port Customs thwarts attempt to smuggle nearly five kilograms of hashish" (http://menafn.
com/1095140104/Riyadh-Dry-Port-Customs-thwarts-attempt-to-smuggle-nearly-five-kilograms-of-hashish).
Retrieved 2017-03-12.

External links
Official website (http://www.riyadhdryport.com)
BAAS International Group website (http://big.sa.com)
SRO website (https://www.saudirailways.org/sites/sro/Pages/home.aspx)

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