Ship chandlers & ship supply at Shuaiba KWSAA

The Kuwait Ports Authority calls Shuaiba Kuwait’s primary industrial port, in Ahmadi Governorate in the south; it was handed to the KPA in 1986 and handles commercial cargo, heavy equipment, raw materials and chemicals for the industries around it.^[1]

—KPA’s 2024 figures: about 23.7 million tonnes of general cargo, 282,870 TEU of containers, 2.7 million tonnes of clinker and 2,972 cars, from 2,908 vessel calls.^[1]

—Container storage covers 318,000 m² within a 2.2 million m² port area and 0.97 million m² basin.^[1]

—Kuwait National Petroleum Company counts “the Oil berth in Shuaiba” among the five shipping and export facilities it manages, alongside the Mina Al-Ahmadi piers and the Mina Abdullah Sea Island.^[3]

Shuaiba lies 45 km south of Kuwait City, bounded by the Southern Pier of Ahmadi Port to the north and Mina Abdullah to the south — a port built into the country’s refining and petrochemical coast.^[2]

—20 commercial and container berths, 4,068 m in total, with depths of 10 to 14 m; berths 15–18 are the container berths. The oil pier has 16 m of water.^[2]

—Two basins for small craft: a small-craft basin of 4 m with three piers (100, 200 and 175 m) and a barge basin of 6 m with four piers (211, 157, 287 and 250 m) — the working base for launches and barges serving ships in port.^[2]

—Port charges at Shuaiba are set by ministerial decisions dating from 1985 onward, published by the KPA as the Shuaiba service-fees schedule.^[4]

—An agent from the KPA’s approved shipping-agent list, to handle port fees, delivery orders and clearance.^[5]

—A contingency for security stoppages: at the outset of the 2026 Iran conflict, Lloyd’s List reported on 1 March that Shuaiba was completely suspended and ships were being moved out to anchorage. By June 2026 Lloyd’s List reported Shuaiba at ISPS Level 2 with operations normal, and entry permits for foreign vessels arriving from Iraqi ports suspended until further notice.^[6,7]

—For tanker calls, note that the oil pier is operated by KNPC rather than the KPA, which runs the commercial berths.^[3,2]

—Provisions, stores and spares, alongside or by launch from the craft basins: post a requirement and chandlers serving Shuaiba answer with sealed bids — suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you run supply launches or stores in the Ahmadi area, be the first supplier in.