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21.21% increase in container handling at Jeddah Islamic Port in H1

22 Aug 2012

(MENAFN) An official report showed that Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) registered a 5.15 percent growth in imports and exports so far in 2012, Arabian Business reported.

According to JIP director general Sahir Mousa Tahlawi, the port handled 419,200 containers with 980,000 tons of food items in July.

Building materials handling at the port increased by 27 percent to 1.1 million tons, also in July.

Tahlawi said that exports and imports rose to 3.6 million tons during the first half of the year, adding that the number of containers rose by 21.21 percent to 2.7 million TEUs.

The number of passengers handled by the Red Sea port also rose by 4.57 percent in the same period by July-end.

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