Asharqia calls for tackling congestions at ports

DAMMAM: Members of the Asharqia Chamber said that working overtime at the ports could solve the severe congestion being experienced these days.

“All the offices and services, including banks, should work around the clock and even on vacations in order to solve the congestion faced at the ports,” Chairman of Sharqia Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid said on Tuesday after a meeting of the chamber that was attended by Khaled Bubshait, chairman of the Saudi Ports Authority, Saleh Al-Khelaiwi, director general of the Saudi Customs, and Hamad Abdul Qadir, vice chairman of the Saudi Railway Organization.

Al-Rashid said the construction of new container terminals at the Dammam’s King Abdul Aziz Port was proposed.