31/10/2013
Estimated at 93 thousand tons coming from Germany
The largest load of barley in 52 years at the port of Dammam
The larger ship loose beans coming from Germany Arrived at the King Abdul Aziz port in Dammam late Saturday, carrying tons of barley 93.159 bulk, is the biggest load of barley up to port for more than 52 years, to a national company specialized in importing barley from Europe and Australia, and for the ' economic ' Naeem Alnaeem , Director of the King Abdul Aziz port in Dammam said the port will receive during the next period the other ships loaded with grain in bulk, and did not specify the destination or date of arrival, the port receives letters Cargo ships before sailing week, most of it coming from Europe and Australia, and for a number of companies specialized in importing barley, adding that his administration was ready for receiving all goods coming in and out of the harbor without any delay, adding that his administration was ready for receiving all goods coming in and out of the harbor without any delay. He said also that ship unloading of bulk malt in favor of feed grains, adding that the discharge of bulk malt in the King Abdul Aziz port in Dammam in 2013 and until the end of September reached 1.055.671 tons, an increase of 33 percent from the same period last year, amounting to 794475 tons, while grain discharged to bulk port, reached in 2013 and until the end of September last year 3.406.353 tones, an increase of 11 Per cent were discharged last year during the same period, amounting to 3.063.665 tons.
Alnaeem Said also that ' Italian ship ' which arrived Saturday to King Abdul Aziz port in Dammam was loaded with more than 93.159 tons coming from Germany, finished emptying the entire load over a short period of time, due to the availability of all the necessary equipment for downloading load of barley in bulk, in addition to adequate space of sidewalks in the port, adding that Italian is the biggest in terms of the type of bulk tonnage up to King Abdul Aziz port in Dammam since its opening in 1961, with a length of 255 M, a depth of 12.7 meters 43 meters, beside it is part of Arabic Trade Enterprise Agency.
