Water Traffic Statistics 2021

Ship traffic in ports 2021

Ship traffic in KSA ports rose by 7% in 2021 compared to 2020. The total number of ships traffic in Saudi ports in 2021 was 13.2 thousand
ships. Jeddah Islamic Port had the largest share in ship traffic, with 4.1 thousand ships, followed by the King Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail,
where ship traffic reached 1.9 thousand ships.

Arriving and departing passengers traffic Port traffic ratio for 2021

The total number of passengers traveling through ports in Saudi 31.4% 35%

Arabia reached 652 thousand in 2021, where the number of 30%

passengers increased by 33% compared to 2020. Jazan Port has the 25%

highest percentage of arriving and departing passengers, where the 20%

14.6% 14.8%
12.4% 15%
number of passengers reached 460,000, or 71% of the total number
8.6%
7.1% 7.4% 10%
of passengers traveling through ports in KSA.
1.4% 2.0% 5%
Goods unloaded at all ports 0.4%
0%
The total volume of goods unloaded at all ports in Saudi Arabia
Jazan Port Yanbu Ras Al Khair King Abdullah Al Jubail Duba port King Abdul King Fahad King Fahad Jeddah Islamic
Commercial Industrial Port Port Commercial Aziz Port in Industrial Port Industrial Port Port
Port Port Dammam (Yanbu) (Jubail)

reached 119.8 million tons in 2021. Jeddah Islamic Port had the

highest percentage of unloaded goods, reaching 29% of the total

Passenger traffic ( arrivals – departures ) by port ( thousand ) for 2021
Saudi ports. Followed by King Fahad Industrial Port (Yanbu) with
228.00 231.96 251
22% of the total ports in Saudi Arabia. Jazan Port had the lowest
201
percentage of unloaded goods, amounting to 1% of the total ports
151
in KSA.
101
Goods unloaded at commercial ports 52.16 57.68
51
40.38
30.20
The percentage of goods unloaded at commercial ports in 2021 1.02 1.02 4.80 4.83
1
dropped by 18% compared to 2020. Foodstuffs were the highest
King Abdullah Duba port Jazan Port Yanbu Jeddah Islamic

type of goods unloaded at commercial ports, amounting to 51% of Port Commercial Port Port

the total goods unloaded at commercial ports. Arrivals Departures

Capacity and Number of Stations

Total capacity of all Saudi ports was 601 million tons, where King Percentage of goods unloaded in ports (million tons) for 2021

Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail had the largest capacity of 210 million 35%

29%
tons, followed by Jeddah Islamic Port with a capacity of 130 million 30%

tons. The total number of stations reached 32 in Saudi ports, where 22% 25%
19%
20%
King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu has the largest number of 15%
15%
stations.
8% 10%
Table (1): WTS Key Indicators 2021
2% 2% 5%
1% 1% 1%
Key indicators Unit 2020 2021
0%
Goods unloaded at Million 115.03 Jazan Port Duba port Ras Al Khair Al Jubail Yanbu King Fahad King Abdullah King Abdul King Fahad Jeddah Islamic

119.75 Industrial Port Commercial Commercial Industrial Port Port Aziz Port in Industrial Port Port
ports tons Port Port (Jubail) Dammam (Yanbu)

Passenger Traffic - Number 237

316
Departures (thousand)
Passenger Traffic - Number 254
336
Arrivals (thousand) Methodology
Container Traffic - Number 3.83 Water Traffic Statistics publication is an annual register-based publication that is
3.70
Imports (million)
Container Traffic - Number 3.81 published for the first time. Through which a broad base of statistics is created and used
3.69
Exports (million) as a reliable basis for conducting surveys and research in the field of water traffic,
Number 12.3
Ship traffic in ports 13.2 identifying the traffic of passengers arriving and departing through Saudi ports, the
(thousand)
Goods handled in Million 328.23 volume of goods unloaded in Saudi ports and the traffic of arriving and departing ships
338.53
ports tons through Saudi ports. The publication is based on administrative records data from Saudi

Ports Authority and Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority. Methodology

General Authority for Statistics P.O. Box: 3735, Riyadh 11481, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Website: http://www.stats.gov.sa E-mail: info@stats.gov.sa