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King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam
King Abdul Aziz port is the second largest port in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it is fully equipped with modern loading and offloading equipments to receive all types of cargo, which topped 11 million tons last year.
Geographical Advantage
King Abdul Aziz Port, Dammam, is the principal port of Saudi Arabia in the Gulf and is located approximately mid-way along the Eastern Coast at:
Latitude 26° 30' N
Longitude 50° 12' E
King Abdul Aziz Port is the main gateway through, which cargoes from all over the world enters the Eastern and Central Provinces of the Kingdom. It is strategically placed to service the requirements of the oil industry, the continuous development of Riyadh, the capital, and the major provincial cities in the Eastern and Central Provinces.
The largest vessel to discharge in Dammam Port, "Leon", 145,000 DWT. Depths alongside vary from 8.0 meters to 13.5 meters. The port has 39 berths.
Berths |
Function |
1, 2 and 3 |
Grain discharge. |
4 - 9 and 11 - 13 |
General cargo. Rail connected. |
10 |
Dedicated bagged fertilizer General cargo. |
14 - 22 |
Ro/Ro ramps at 14 and 22. |
23 - 26 |
Container terminal. Ro/Ro ramp at 23. |
27 - 29 |
Ro/Ro and project cargo. |
30 |
Grain discharge. |
31 - 34 |
General cargo and gray cement. |
35 |
Cold store and Ro/Ro ramp. |
36, 37 and 38 |
Bulk ores. White cement. Gray cement. |
39 |
Clinker and edible oils. Ro/Ro ramp at 36 Explosives terminal. Otherwise Cement, Clinker, Gypsum and other bulks. |
Distances from the port to:
Cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
Distance (km) |
Dammam Int'l Airport |
45 |
Riyadh City |
380 |
Jeddah City |
1228 |
GCC Countries |
Distance (km) |
Manama - Bahrain |
46 |
Kuwait City - Kuwait |
424 |
Doha - Qatar |
479 |
Dubai - UAE |
1100 |
Muscat - Oman |
1800 |
Middle East & Neighboring Countries |
Distance (km) |
Amman - Jordan |
1523 |
Baghdad - Iraq |
1169 |
Damascus - Syria |
1560 |
Beirut - Lebanon |
1644 |
Sanaa - Yemen |
2339 |
Cairo - Egypt |
1898 |
Ankara - Turkey |
2215 |
Karachi - Pakistan |
1700 |
Bombay - India |
2463 |
Bandar Abbas - Iran |
372 |
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