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The General Authority for Statistics released its Maritime Transport Statistics Publication for 2025 on Thursday, recording that outbound and inbound cargo through the kingdom’s ports surpassed 341 million tons for the year. Outbound shipments totaled 227.2 million tons, up 2.1 percent from 2024, while inbound shipments reached 114.3 million tons for a 5 percent increase, according to the authority’s bulletin. The combined volume advanced from the 331 million tons registered in the preceding GASTAT report for 2024. The publication aggregates operational records supplied by ports across the country.
The King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu secured 50.7 percent of all exports with 115.2 million tons, GASTAT figures show. King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam topped inbound goods with 39.2 million tons, the statistics indicated. Total handled cargo exceeded 298 million tons, with Yanbu contributing 33 percent of that amount, according to the bulletin. Jeddah Islamic Port ranked first in standard container handling with a 47.3 percent share, the authority’s data placed.
Inbound and outbound containers totaled 3,894,200 standard units in 2025, a 52.9 percent rise from the prior year, the General Authority for Statistics reported. The authority’s successive publications show the 2024 container volume at roughly 2.55 million units, confirming the scale of the advance. Container figures form a distinct category within the bulletin that tracks standardized movements separately from bulk cargo tonnages.
Arriving vessels at Saudi ports numbered 7,848 during 2025, according to the GASTAT bulletin. Jeddah Islamic Port received 2,677 ships, followed by Jubail Commercial Port with 1,256 and King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam with 1,030, while NEOM Port recorded 828 arrivals, the statistics detailed. The authority compiles ship traffic data alongside cargo and container metrics to illustrate overall port utilization.
Passengers arriving and departing through the ports approached 1.1 million in 2025, registering a 20.1 percent increase from 2024, GASTAT data shows. The bulletin incorporates passenger counts as part of its annual overview of maritime activity. Such indicators supplement the primary focus on cargo and containers within the authority’s maritime transport release.
The General Authority for Statistics noted that its 2025 publication draws from standardized inputs provided by all commercial and industrial ports. Earlier editions tracked comparable growth trajectories, with cargo volumes moving from 334 million tons in 2023 to 331 million tons in 2024 before the latest expansion. The bulletin supplies port-by-port breakdowns to inform planning across the maritime sector.
