The Ras al-Zour port on the Persian Gulf will start trial operations next month and receive its first ship by the end of the year, Al Watan reported, citing Khalid Al Mesfer, the public relations managing director for the Saudi Ports Authority. The port is expected to handle 6 million tons of granular diammonium phosphate, 440,000 tons of liquefied ammonia, one million tons of caustic soda and one million tons of alumina per year, the newspaper said.


The 2.2 billion riyal ($586.7 million) port may expand by adding terminals for general cargo from northern and northwestern Saudi Arabia, Al Watan said, citing Mesfer.