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Saudi traffic up

Overall, in the first quarter, ports in Saudi Arabia handled a combined 36.1m tonnes, 9.94% up on the previous year.

Jeddah remains the biggest port, handling 11.4m tonnes, equivalent to an increase of 4.36%. After that, Dammam registered 6.1% growth on a throughput of 5.4m tonnes, King Fahad posted 9.9m tonnes of cargo, and Yanbu handled 7.4m tonnes.

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