<p data-path-to-node="2">The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has officially announced the expansion of the "Red Sea Express" container service to King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu. The service extension was marked by the maiden call of the Saudi-flagged container vessel, <i data-path-to-node="2" data-index-in-node="255">Fulk Al Jubail</i>, which successfully delivered its inaugural container payload at the industrial gateway.</p><p data-path-to-node="3">The expanded feeder and regional liner route is operated in tactical cooperation with national shipping line Folk Maritime, petrochemical leader Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), and terminal manager Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT).</p><h3 data-path-to-node="5"><b data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="0">Strengthening Regional Feedering and Coastal Trade Corridors</b></h3><p data-path-to-node="6">The implementation of the direct loop aligns with the Kingdom's National Transport and Logistics Strategy, aiming to bypass long-distance transshipment bottlenecks across the Middle East:</p><ul data-path-to-node="7"><li><p data-path-to-node="7,0,0"><b data-path-to-node="7,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Liner Fleet Specifications:</b> The service deploys dedicated regional container vessels, including the <i data-path-to-node="7,0,0" data-index-in-node="100">Fulk Al Jubail</i>, providing a reliable, fixed capacity baseline of 1,100 TEUs per transit run.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="7,1,0"><b data-path-to-node="7,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Connected Ports Hub:</b> The maritime loop establishes direct weekly linkages connecting Jeddah Islamic Port and King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu with Aqaba Port in Jordan and Ain Sokhna Port in Egypt.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="7,2,0"><b data-path-to-node="7,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Industrial Export Velocity:</b> The service successfully handled its first export block of domestic polymer products manufactured by SABIC out of Yanbu, proving its utility for heavy downstream chemical logistics.</p></li></ul><p data-path-to-node="8">While King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu has traditionally operated as the Red Sea's largest industrial gateway for crude oil and refined petroleum payloads, this container addition expands its multi-commodity commercial capabilities.</p>