Maersk has announced its ME4 Westbound service (Middle East to Europe) to call King Abdullah Port effective March 13, 2022. With this change, Maersk aims to serve its customers better by bringing an ocean service closer to its 100,000 sq m warehouse located at King Abdullah Port.
The Maersk Integrated Logistics Hub at King Abdullah Port is a non-bonded warehouse providing an integrated logistics offering, primarily for Saudi Arabia’s petrochemical exporters. It serves as the focal supply chain solution through the large space allocated for handling and storing cargo. The hub aims to complement Maersk’s diverse solutions at the port, such as landside movement of cargo, customs clearance, and ocean logistics besides playing a vital role in facilitating the storage of export cargo and enabling pallet handling, stuffing, and shuttling. With the ME4 service calling King Abdullah Port, exporters using the warehouse will look to gain easy access to ocean service for their exports to the western markets.
ME4 Westbound service calling King Abdullah Port hopes to ensure Saudi Arabian petrochemical exporters gain access to more options to move their cargo to the Mediterranean, North African and Latin American markets. The ME4 Eastbound service (Europe to Middle-East) will continue calling Jeddah Islamic Port, and the deployed capacity will remain unchanged.
Source: Maersk
