The Saudi Ports Authority has commenced works aimed at upgrading and developing two container terminals at King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia. The deve ..
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Saudi Global Ports (SGP) and Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC) have formalised the contract for three new future ready quay cranes (QCs).
The contract was signed between the chairman of the board for Saudi Global Ports, Abdulla Zamil, CEO of Saudi Global Ports, Edward Tah; and secretary of the party committee, chairman and president of ZPMC, Liu Cheng Yun and senior vice president and executive board member of ZPMC, Liu Qi Zhong.
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Port digitalisation and collaboration beyond the terminal gate has been “supercharged” by the Covid crisis.
According to Jonathan Beard, infrastructure advisory partner at Ernst & Young, the move to digitalise port ecosystems, and not just terminal automation within the port, is now a top priority.
“Terminal operators have always been very aware their performance is heavily dependent on things that take place outside the gate,” he said during the Seatrade Maritime Middle …
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On 1 October 2020, Saudi Global Ports Company (SGP), one of PSA International’s subsidiaries, assumed the management of both first and second container terminals at King Abdulaziz Port Dammam…
PSA subsidiary Saudi Global Ports (SGP) wants to make King Abdulaziz Port Dammam (KAPD) into Saudi Arabia’s leading container hub, with a $1.8bn investment.
SGP has operated Dammam’s second container terminal since it opened in 2015, and last week it took over the port’s first terminal, following a build operate and transfer agreement with Saudi Ports Authority.
Hutchison Ports Dammam had held terminal concession for 23 years, but lost out to SGP’s …
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