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   A promise made is a promise kept As Saudi Arabia’s latest state of art container terminal radically boosts trade flow through a traditional gateway into the Kingdom

Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) is the newest flagship container terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port. A world-class terminal spearheaded by the Saudi Industrial Services group SISCO, it is also the first privately funded, Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) port development agreement in Saudi Arabia. Covering over 750,000 square meters, the facility was constructed to set a benchmark advancing other port terminals around the region, exploiting approaches such as intelligent design and layout, cutting-edge technologies and value-added logistics capabilities; ensuring efficiency within whole supply chain, meeting the demands of modern day trade, it also adds 45% annually to the existing port’s capacity allowing increase in volume and efficiency in handling. Worth noting .. RSGT is next to Tusdeer Saudis’ first export and re-export zone ‘affiliation’ provides a thriving integrated logistics hub on the coasts of the Red Sea. The accomplishment undoubtedly resonate with RSGT’s vision - to be ‘an engine of growth for the economy and business’ by providing world class integrated logistics solutions, as well as port development and operations.RSGT has been spearheading development at the port. In May 2010, 5 months after trial operations, JIP was ranked as ‘4 stars’ in the same league as many of the world’s leading ports in terms of efficiency of cargo handling, port fees, information services, problem-solving and application of global standards.

Overall the new terminal will open opportunities for customers around the world through the provision of cutting edge solutions to fulfill their business needs, furthermore seeking to provide shipping lines with high-quality services enabling great improvements in container handling productivity and turnaround times.

The biggest contributing factor to RSGT’s success is its talents. RSGT has driven forward the nationalization of numerous jobs in the port by training and qualifying Saudi talents both male and females with the aim of maximizing the number of Saudis who are subject matter experts in the port industry. These local talents add value to the company all the way from administration to engineering and planning.