Ship chandlers & ship supply at Jeddah SAJED

Jeddah Islamic Port sits on the Red Sea midway along the east–west route through the Suez Canal, is run by the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), and handles the commercial imports of the western region — the WFP Logistics Cluster puts its share at 65% of Saudi Arabia’s seaborne imports.^[1]

—Two container terminals: DP World’s South Container Terminal, rebuilt in a USD 800m programme to 4 million TEU a year (target 5 million), with 2,150 m of quay at 18 m alongside, room for five ultra-large container ships at once and 17 quay cranes as of March 2026; and the Red Sea Gateway Terminal, listed with 11 berths over 3,300 m at 18 m.^[2,1]

—Conventional side: 28 berths (maximum draft 14 m) across the north and south general-cargo terminals, a four-berth chilled and frozen cargo terminal and a two-berth livestock terminal, plus nine silo berths serving a 120,000-tonne grain silo and edible-oil and sugar handling.^[1]

—Volumes follow the Red Sea: Lloyd’s List Intelligence counted 359 vessel arrivals in Q1 2024 against 648 a year earlier as carriers rerouted; DP World reports its terminal handled over 1.3 million TEU in 2025 as Red Sea services returned, while noting that recent regional developments have brought new challenges.^[3,2]

—In March 2026, with Strait of Hormuz navigation disrupted, Mawani set up logistics corridors redirecting Gulf-bound cargo to Jeddah and the other Red Sea ports; The Loadstar reported 25 vessels heading for Jeddah that month, nine of them on inducement sailings.^[4,5]

Jeddah is the Kingdom’s sea entry for Hajj. For the 1447 AH season the first group of Sudanese pilgrims was processed at Jeddah Islamic Port on 1 May 2026; in 2025 the first seaborne group — 1,407 Sudanese pilgrims — arrived on 14 May.^[6,7]

—Mawani’s Hajj plan runs through the port: direct luggage transfer, advance shipment handling and coordinated transit of livestock trucks — alongside the port’s own two-berth livestock terminal.^[7,1]

—For a cargo vessel this means sharing the port with pilgrim ships and livestock traffic in the weeks before Hajj. The season follows the Hijri calendar — first sea arrivals moved from mid-May in 2025 to 1 May in 2026 — so plan stores and crew movements against the current season’s dates, not last year’s.^[6,7]

—An agent to handle the call with Mawani. In March 2026 Mawani said it would keep an updated list of approved ship suppliers and bunkering providers so owners can deal with them directly, and runs its Knowledge and Service Hub 24/7 for enquiries.^[4]

—Bunkers: Minerva Bunkering deployed a 113,000 m³ floating storage unit at Jeddah in 2025 holding HSFO, VLSFO and MGO, inside a bonded customs zone, feeding its bunker tankers along the Saudi Red Sea coast (company statement reported by Ship & Bunker).^[8]

—Fresh water and towage: the port assessment lists water barges and berthing tugs as available.^[1]

—Provisions, deck and engine stores, and reefer top-ups: post a requirement and chandlers serving Jeddah answer with sealed bids — suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you supply ships at Jeddah Islamic Port, be the first supplier in.