
Routing note — 16 August 2026
Gulf transit conditions remain variable, and a number of Eastern Province exporters are currently routing west to the Red Sea. Red Sea congestion is concentrated on the import side; export capacity is available at present.
We review conditions per shipment. Ask us what applies to your route this week.
This page is for you if
- You manufacture or trade in Dammam, Jubail, Ras Al Khair, Al Kharj or the Northern Borders
- Your buyers are in Asia, Europe, Africa or the Americas
- You want a routing answer for a specific shipment, not a general capability list
Importing into Saudi Arabia instead?Our import lane is here →
From your plant to the vessel
1Collection at your plant
We arrange collection from your facility in the Eastern Province or the Northern Borders. Transport is contracted to vetted operators and managed by us end to end — one point of accountability, not three suppliers to chase.
2Across the land bridge
Saudi Arabia's east–west road and rail infrastructure connects the industrial east to the Red Sea coast. The Saudi Railway Company publishes freight corridors running from Dammam, Jubail, Ras Al Khair, Al Kharj and Hail toward the west. Where rail suits your cargo and volume, we route you to it. Where road is faster or cheaper for your load, we say so.
3Staging in Riyadh, on the axis
Our warehouses are in Sulay, on the Al Kharj Road — the same quadrant as Riyadh Dry Port and directly on the east–west axis. Cargo can be held, consolidated and checked line by line against the packing list, then released to the port on the sailing schedule rather than on the truck's schedule.
4Onto the vessel
We book the vessel from the selected gateway, prepare the commercial documents, and hand you a bill of lading.
What we look at before we route
- Where your buyer is.Destination decides which coast makes sense before anything else
- What is sailing.Service frequency and transit time to that destination from each gateway
- How each gateway is working.Berth waiting and yard conditions, checked per shipment
- Carrier capacity.Space and equipment availability on the routes that fit
- The inland leg.Distance and cost from your plant to each option
Sometimes the nearest port is the right answer. Sometimes it costs you three weeks. The point is that it is a decision, made with current information, and we show you the reasoning.
Tell us where it is going
Send your origin plant, destination port and monthly volume. You get a routing answer with the reasoning behind it — not a brochure.
Export desk
+966 53 860 5220
Sunday to Thursday.
Full container loads for businesses only.