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Dammam port official plays down cargo crisis
(ArabNews)
July 25, 2010
By ARAB NEWS
DAMMAM: The acting director general of Dammam’s King Abdul Aziz Port has denied press reports about threats by foreign shipping companies to boycott Saudi ports if the ongoing crisis at the port is not resolved.
“This is not correct. The Kingdom’s ports, including Dammam port, have been employing highly advanced systems and procedures as well as equipment for loading and unloading cargo just like other major ports in the region,” Abdullah Al-Hamad said in a letter to Al-Riyadh Arabic newspaper.
He added that around 4,000 tons of cargo is unloaded at the port every day ...... Read more on ArabNews
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