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Following is a table of the August throughput for major ports in Saudi Arabia according to data from the Saudi Ports Authority.
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Aug. July June May
2012 2012 2012 2012
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--------------------- YoY% ---------------------
Total Cargo Tonnage 9.9% 2.7% 15.6% 18.1%
Total Discharged, Type 14.4% 5.3% 19.3% 25.3%
Bulk, Solid 27.1% 33.4% 39.6% 55.9%
Bulk, Liquid, Ex-Crude Oil 3.3% 11.5% 9.1% 6.0%
General 48.4% 45.8% 45.9% 43.0%
Containers (tons) 20.5% 21.7% 24.2% 27.1%
Ro-Ro & Vehicles 29.4% 31.7% 31.7% 30.6%
Livestock 31.9% 44.5% 62.2% 82.0%
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Aug. July June May
2012 2012 2012 2012
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--------------------- YoY% ---------------------
Total Loaded, Type 6.2% 0.5% 12.5% 12.8%
Bulk, Solid 10.6% 31.2% 6.4% -31.5%
Bulk, Liquid, Ex-Crude Oil 1.2% -7.6% 8.2% 19.1%
General -55.9% -49.1% -21.1% -64.6%
Containers (tons) 20.9% 15.9% 26.4% 17.4%
Ro-Ro & Vehicles 24.5% 0.9% 39.2% 45.8%
Total Discharged, Item n/a n/a 19.3% 25.1%
Construction n/a n/a 35.6% 52.6%
Food & Foodstuffs n/a n/a 10.7% 16.5%
Vehicles n/a n/a 38.2% 42.2%
Consumer Goods n/a n/a 4.4% 20.6%
Other Cargo n/a n/a 18.5% 17.1%
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Aug. July June May
2012 2012 2012 2012
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--------------------- YoY% ---------------------
Total Loaded, Item n/a n/a 10.3% 11.0%
Refined Products n/a n/a 9.4% 11.2%
Liquified Gas n/a n/a 21.6% 22.2%
Petrochemicals n/a n/a 3.9% 9.3%
Food & Foodstuffs n/a n/a 7.9% 36.1%
Industrial Products n/a n/a 26.0% 11.4%
Recycling Material n/a n/a 13.8% 20.5%
Empty Containers n/a n/a -5.4% -9.3%
Vehicles n/a n/a 39.2% 43.7%
Other Cargo Loaded n/a n/a 30.2% 15.0%
Total Containers (TEU) n/a n/a 13.6% 17.2%
Discharged n/a n/a 11.9% 25.1%
Loaded n/a n/a 15.7% 8.9%
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Aug. July June May
2012 2012 2012 2012
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--------------------- YoY% ---------------------
Total Passengers n/a n/a 29.5% -8.3%
Arrived n/a n/a 26.3% -3.8%
Departed n/a n/a 31.2% -12.6%
--------------------- Levels -------------------
Total Cargo Tonnage 15,575,772 15,072,386 15,874,609 15,800,955
Total Discharged, Type 7,333,104 7,083,954 7,602,545 7,161,594
Bulk, Solid 2,051,900 1,716,951 1,926,171 1,784,438
Bulk, Liquid, Ex-Crude Oil 458,875 527,637 861,877 570,931
General 1,313,783 1,133,357 1,160,342 949,268
Containers (tons) 3,287,769 3,476,556 3,440,971 3,659,159
Ro-Ro & Vehicles 208,516 212,706 196,026 180,761
Livestock 12,261 16,747 17,158 17,037
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Aug. July June May
2012 2012 2012 2012
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--------------------- Levels -------------------
Total Loaded, Type 8,242,668 7,988,432 8,272,064 8,639,361
Bulk, Solid 608,096 777,704 583,332 481,560
Bulk, Liquid, Ex-Crude Oil 5,205,227 4,831,082 5,172,926 5,727,746
General 41,902 61,071 78,833 41,305
Containers (tons) 2,364,767 2,296,426 2,412,614 2,369,192
Ro-Ro & Vehicles 22,676 22,149 24,359 19,558
Total Discharged, Item n/a n/a 7,600,514 7,154,423
Construction n/a n/a 1,833,506 1,762,561
Food & Foodstuffs n/a n/a 1,672,646 1,611,235
Vehicles n/a n/a 218,564 205,445
Consumer Goods n/a n/a 701,031 712,768
Other Cargo n/a n/a 3,174,767 2,862,414
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Aug. July June May
2012 2012 2012 2012
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--------------------- Levels -------------------
Total Loaded, Item n/a n/a 8,110,107 8,501,331
Refined Products n/a n/a 3,809,701 3,954,645
Liquified Gas n/a n/a 110,702 180,372
Petrochemicals n/a n/a 2,532,148 2,826,466
Food & Foodstuffs n/a n/a 64,482 73,228
Industrial Products n/a n/a 248,373 251,167
Recycling Material n/a n/a 34,892 38,018
Empty Containers n/a n/a 170,190 165,469
Vehicles n/a n/a 23,331 17,933
Other Cargo Loaded n/a n/a 1,121,769 994,033
Total Containers (TEU) 542,882 n/a 568,622 578,935
Discharged 285,078 n/a 300,777 316,191
Loaded 257,804 n/a 267,845 262,744
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Aug. July June May
2012 2012 2012 2012
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--------------------- Levels -------------------
Total Passengers 172,626 166,995 144,516 85,302
Arrived 87,105 78,046 48,881 44,126
Departed 85,521 88,949 95,635 41,176
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Note 1: Previous months’ level figures are based on previous releases
and may be revised. Note 2: Percent changes calculated by Bloomberg. Note 3: Cargo is dead weight in tons.
To contact the reporter on this story: Rinat Gaynullin in Moscow at rgaynullin1@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Marco Babic at mbabic@bloomberg.net