RSGT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
The newly acquired Gantry Cranes at RSGT
RSGT emerging as a clear rising star and a pivotal link in the global supply chain Red Sea Gateway Terminal, the largest operator of container handling facilities in the port of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), is committed to developing regional and global infrastructure and facility investment to better serve the growing requirements of domestic cargo and container services. Thereby, it is assuming a larger role in the global logistics chain through targeted international expansion.
R
SGT is the newest container terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s most significant port. Through its layout, design, best in class equipment and cutting– edge technology this state of art terminal will enhance JIP’s overall capability to compete with the top ports in the world. Together with Tusker the adjacent Bonded & Reexport zone, this facility will create an integrated logistics hub for the Red Sea. Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) is an international terminal operator representing a partnership between the Saudi Industrial Services group SISCO and the Malaysian Mining
30 MAY 2021
Company (MMC). Their combined assets, handling capacity and experience place the terminal operations among the ten largest container terminal operators globally, with a combined annual handling capacity of 20 million TEU, and equity-weighted throughput of over 10 million TEU. Jens O. Floe, CEO, RSGT, responded to a recent Global Supply Chain exclusive questionnaire to provide us the lowdown on a range of subjects – the genesis, evolution and developments at the port operator, its performance, the future and the impact of the pandemic, since it first emerged, on the Terminal’s operations.
Global Supply Chain: Briefly, provide us the history and origins of the RSGT? Jens O. Floe (JOF): Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) was established at the Port of Jeddah in 2009, as the first privately-funded Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) port terminal development project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The US$ 510 million ‘greenfield’ project was constructed adjacent to the LogiPoint Bonded and Reexport Zone, with the dedicated purpose of becoming the primary logistics hub for the Red Sea Region. RSGT opened with 1,045 meters of quay, six new super postPanamax ship-to-shore cranes, an alongside depth of 18 meters, and
