Saudi Arabia's nine major commercial and industrial ports handled 233 million tons of cargo, excluding crude oil, in 2015 This is an increase of 10.95% over the previous year's handled quantity of 210 million.
Profits and surplus expenses
A special report issued by the General Ports Corporation for the year 2015 confirmed that the Corporation achieved profits and surplus in its revenues, which amounted to 4 billion and 467 million riyals, an increase of 9.20% over the previous year, while the operating expenses of the Corporation amounted to 702 million riyals.
The annual report shows that the Kingdom's seaports received about 70% of export and import traffic, and is considered an effective partner for all development and service projects implemented by the state over decades, due to its distinctive geographical location and extending across its various coasts. The annual report shows that the Kingdom's seaports received about 70% of imports and exports.
Saudization 99.9% Human Resources Qualification 134 Saudi employees were appointed in various specialties needed by the Saudi Ports Authority, bringing the total number of employees working in its main body in Riyadh and in the ports to 3481 employees, the percentage of Saudis among them is 99.9% also trained 1230 of the workforce in the Corporation and ports through specialized programs and courses in port works at home and abroad to develop their competencies and improve their performance, in addition to the completion of the national strategy for the development and operationalization of ports as well as the preparation of a master plan for each port and the advanced growth in the operation of Ras Al Khair port and the completion of a number of digital technology systems applications and enhance the application of e-government. Development of administrative and operational devices The General Corporation for Ports seeks to achieve further development in the port system to keep pace with the global development in this sector, and the focus in the next phase will be on raising operational performance levels and keeping pace with the changes that occur in the port industry today and in the future. The General Corporation for Ports seeks to achieve further development in the port system to keep pace with the global development in this sector.
In terms of administrative work, the General Organization for Ports has developed its administrative apparatus and has become dependent on e-government to accomplish work between departments in the main body in Riyadh and ports in a few seconds, which contributed to reducing the long time in previous correspondence and completing them as quickly as required. In terms of administrative work, the General Organization for Ports has developed its administrative apparatus.
In addition to the Corporation's interest in developing the performance of its employees, qualifying them and raising their capabilities through various specialized training courses that keep pace with all that is new in the port industry and maritime transport and this course is held at home and abroad, as next year will witness the establishment of a number of various courses at the Dammam Academy at King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam and in some other centers.
It is known that the Kingdom's commercial and industrial ports include "Jeddah Islamic Port, King Abdulaziz General Port, King Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail, King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu, Jubail Commercial Port, Yanbu Commercial Port, Jazan Port, Dibba Port, and Ras Al-Khair Port."
