General information

Name:
Shuaiba
Country:
Kuwait
UN/Locode:
KWSAA
Local time:
Moored Vessels:
4
Expected Vessels:
11
Berths:
9
Coordinates:
N 29° 02' E 048° 10'

Moored Vessels

Name
Type
Moored

Expected Vessels

Name
Type
Expected
Tanker
01.04. 17:00
Cargo Ship
08.04. 10:00

Sailed Vessels

Name
Type
Sailed

Latest news

Kuwait to let private sector manage ports

Thu Mar 10 11:18:11 CET 2016 arnekiel

Kuwait’s government plans legislation that will let the private sector manage commercial ports and the country’s international airport, with the government retaining its ownership of the assets, a senior government official told Reuters. f the law is amended, it will provide Kuwaiti companies such as logistics giant Agility, KGL Logistics and Jazeera Airways opportunities to get involved, said Mustafa Behbehani, chairman of the Kuwaiti Gulf Group for Administration and Economic Consulting, a local firm.

Bad weather halts operations at three Kuwait ports

Thu Sep 03 07:29:54 CEST 2015 arnekiel

Bad weather halted operations at Kuwait’s Shuweikh, Shuaiba and Doha ports on Wednesday, state news agency KUNA said, quoting the country’s port authority. The ports stopped operations as the country witnessed high winds and dust, KUNA said. The ports are expected to reopen once weather conditions and visibility improved. Source: Reuters

Kuwait closes two ports to marine traffic on bad weather

Tue Jul 07 14:08:38 CEST 2015 arnekiel

Kuwait has halted traffic at two of its main ports — Shuwaikh and Shuaiba — due to low visibility and high winds, officials at the ports said Monday. The directors of marine operations at both ports said visibility was down to less than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) and wind speeds were as high as 31 knots (57 km/hour), the state-run KUNA news agency reported Monday. Shuaiba, 45 km south of Kuwait City, has 20 commercial and container berths, including liquid bulk cargo for petrochemicals company Equate, and an oil pier managed by Kuwait National Petroleum Company. Shoaib Ali, the director of marine operations at Shuaiba said there were currently three ships at anchorage at the port and three in the exit area awaiting better weather to leave. Shuwaikh, north of Kuwait City and Kuwait’s main commercial port, has 21 berths which are used for containers, general cargo, grain carriers and bulk commodities such as cement. Source: Platts

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