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Mawani Reports Significant Cargo Growth at Saudi Ports in August

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani)
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani)
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Mawani Reports Significant Cargo Growth at Saudi Ports in August

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani)
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani)

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced a substantial increase in cargo tonnage handled at its ports during August 2024. The total tonnage reached 30,527,279 tons, reflecting a 26.57% growth compared to the same period in 2023.
According to Mawani, export containers surged by 18.76% to reach 258,955 TEUs. Import containers also significantly increased by 15.24% to reach 261,288 TEUs.
General cargo stood at 711,111 tons, bulk solid cargo amounted to 4,832,305 tons, and bulk liquid cargo reached 17,525,862 tons. Livestock imports, however, decreased by 24.27% to 422,449 heads.
While handled containers decreased by 5.01% to 685,647 TEUs, transhipment containers dropped by 40.29% to 165,404 TEUs; the overall cargo volume demonstrated robust growth.
Shipping traffic also decreased by 4.18% to 986 ships, and passenger numbers declined by 32.51% to 50,345. However, the number of cars shipped increased by 24.51% to 103,416.
The authority had previously reported a 9.11% increase in cargo tonnage for July 2024. Consistent cargo volume growth underscores Saudi ports' increasing efficiency and capacity. It aligns with the National Transport and Logistics Strategy, which aims to position Saudi Arabia as a global logistics hub.

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Egypt Approves $91 Billion Budget for 2025/26

The sun rises in Cairo, Egypt March 25, 2025. (Reuters)
The sun rises in Cairo, Egypt March 25, 2025. (Reuters)
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Egypt Approves $91 Billion Budget for 2025/26

The sun rises in Cairo, Egypt March 25, 2025. (Reuters)
The sun rises in Cairo, Egypt March 25, 2025. (Reuters)

Egypt's cabinet approved a 4.6 trillion Egyptian pound ($91 billion) draft state budget for the financial year that will begin in July, a government statement said on Wednesday, as it continues to tighten its finances under an IMF program.

Expenditures will rise by 18% and revenue by 19% over the current 2024/25 budget. Revenue is expected to hit 3.1 trillion pounds, working out to a deficit of about 1.5 trillion pounds ($30 billion).

The increased expenditure partly reflects elevated headline inflation, which was running at an annual 12.8% in February.

Financial reforms under an $8 billion financial reform program signed in March 2024 with the International Monetary Fund have helped Egypt bring inflation down from a peak of 38% in September 2023.

The IMF this month approved the disbursement of $1.2 billion to Egypt after its fourth review of the program.

The new budget targets a primary surplus of 795 billion pounds, equal to 4% of GDP, up from the 3.5% primary surplus originally targeted in the 2024/25 budget.

The IMF granted the government a waiver in the fourth review after the surplus came in 0.5% of GDP lower than Egypt's earlier commitment.

In its third review in June, the IMF praised Egypt for its "strict control of spending".

The new budget also lowers public debt to 82.9% of GDP from an expected 92% in 2024/25, the cabinet statement said.

The cabinet said 732.6 billion pounds in spending in the new budget would be allocated for subsidies, grants and social benefits, an increase of 15.2%.

The budget increases commodities and bread subsidies by 20% to 160 billion pounds. It will also include 75 billion pounds to subsidize petroleum products, 75 billion pounds to subsidize electricity and 3.5 billion pounds to subsidize natural gas deliveries to households, the statement added.