AMMAN— The volume of exported and imported
containers cleared in the Port of Aqaba saw a 8.2 percent decrease between
January and July 2021, according to figures issued by Jordan Navigation
Syndicate (JNS) on Sunday, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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Over seven months, the number of exported and imported
containers dropped to about 433,000 to the end of July, compared to about
471,000 in the same period last year, due to the soaring maritime freight rates
globally, the data showed.
In July, the number of containers at the Aqaba Port went
down by 12 percent to 59,000, compared to 67,000 for the same period last year,
the JNS' figures revealed.
Meanwhile, the number of vehicles exported and imported
through the Aqaba Port over the first seven months of the 2021 dropped by 2
percent, compared to about 64,000 for the same period last year, Petra
reported.
The number of ships that docked in Aqaba port stood at 991,
an increase of 9 percent, in the January to July period of 2021 compared to the
same period last year.
Secretary General of the JNS Mohammad Al-Dalabih said the
Aqaba Port is witnessing “growing” activity this year, thanks to the government's
COVID-19 measures that helped normalize conditions at the port, describing the
recent figures as “optimistic”, according to Petra.
In the first four months of this year, 991 ships docked at
the port, representing an 8.7 percent increase compared to last year, which saw
912 vessels docking the port, according to Dalabih said.
The port handled 8 million tonnes of cargo in the first
seven months of the year — a 3 percent increase over last year. Additionally,
imports increased by 8 percent and imports increased by 1 percent the JNS chief
said.
Passenger traffic rose by 5 percent to some 57,000 in the
first seven months of 2021, Dalabih said, due to the resumption of a passenger
route that links Aqaba with Egypt's Nuweiba Port, Dalabih pointed out.
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