Mersat Magazine - Fifth Edition

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H.E. President of the Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) talks to Mersat : Our Energy is driven by Challenges

والأجهزة وجميع مستلزمات الحياة، وكذلك دورها في دعم الاقتصاد الوطني وتلبية متطلبات التنمية والمشروعات التي تقام في جميع مناطق المملكة. ما أكبر التحديات التي تواجهها الهيئة العامة للموانئ ؟ التحديات تطور الطاقات، التحدي الأكبر لنا في “موانئ” هو تحقيق طموحات القيادة الرشيدة لتصبح المملكة منصة لوجستية عالمية وموانئ لقارات العالم، هذا عنوان صغير ً تجاريا ً المملكة مركزا لحلم كبير يحتاج إلى جهد حثيث ليتحقق، ونحن ولله الحمد في الهيئة لدينا كفاءات وطنية مخلصة تستطيع أن تحقق ذلك، ومن بين ما نقوم به في لبلوغ هدفنا هو إحداث نقلة كبيرة في ً الهيئة حاليا أساليب الإدارة وفي مستوى الأداء التشغيلي ورفع معدلات الإنتاجية بما يتواكب مع التنوع الاقتصادي للمملكة مع الاستمرار في خطة التوطين للوظائف الفنية والبحرية المتخصصة، والاعتماد على المنتج المحلي في جميع الأعمال والتعاقدات، وتشجيع الشركات على زيادة الاستثمار وإدخال خدمات جديدة متطورة مثل تصنيع وبناء السفن وصيانتها على سبيل المثال. كلمة أخيرة لقراء مجلة مرساة؟ الله للجميع ً أكرر شكري لكم على هذا اللقاء، وسائلا دوام التوفيق والنجاح، وأود أن أؤكد في هذه المناسبة بأنه وفي ظل الرعاية الكريمة من خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز وولي عهده الأمين صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبدالعزيز – حفظهما الله- فإن السنوات القادمة ستشهد –بإذن الله- نقلة نوعية أخرى في إدارة وتشغيل الموانئ السعودية. ، أتوجه بالشكر لمعالي وزير النقل، رئيس ً أيضا مجلس إدارة الهيئة العامة للموانئ الدكتور نبيل بن محمد العامودي على دوره ورؤيته في تطوير منظومة الموانئ السعودية والارتقاء بالخدمات المقدمة من خلالها.

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the sector in general, and observe the strategy of the Authority in the future phase: We are privileged to get a close encounter of Your Excellency through introducing your professional career, scientific achievements and job progression; how would you sum up these rich paths? I would first thank you to choose me as this edition’s profile of Mersat magazine. It is also an opportunity to express my admiration for the magazine’s specific topics of maritime affairs, and to appreciate the role media plays in highlighting the achievements of NSCSA (Bahri), in logistics and transportation industry worldwide. As for my scientific and practical career, I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 1992. I started my profession more than 25 years ago, working in a number of specialized corporations, such as the Advanced Electronics Company and Schlumberger International Inc. I have held several leading posts in the private sector, most recently the Chief Operating Officer of Saudi British Bank - SABB, HSBC Group and some other pioneering Saudi banks. Then, I moved to the government sector when I was honored to serve as Deputy Minister of Transport and President of the Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI). is one of the pillars in achieving Saudi Vision 2030. There is no doubt that the ports play a major role in this process; how do you paraphrase this? The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) plays an important role in the transportation system to achieve one of the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030, to make the Kingdom a unique center for logistics, linking the three continents. In this aspect the Authority’s objective, in cooperation with the relevant agencies, is upgrading the Kingdom’s ranking in the logistics performance index Today, the strategic location of the Kingdom amid three continents

to achieve the Leadership’s ambitions

The Kingdom’s ports sector is one of the most important sectors in supporting the economic growth in various fields

from 52th to 25th. God willing, we are transforming our ports to be global platforms for exporting industries to all continents worldwide. Our success in meeting the requirements of this important stage depends on the efforts we will all exert and the cooperation shown by all partners in this system; both the governmental and private sectors, to ease and facilitate procedures, raise operational efficiency, and be superior over all challenging ports in terms of speed in performance, quality and work efficiency. Change and flexibility are both the core visions of the Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) which has passed structural and functional turns, what has changed in the Authority? How do you explain its flexibility and coping, today? The ports represent the most important economic engine among the other sectors related to the implementation

3400 km

The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) plays an enormous role in proportion to the importance of the Kingdom’s coasts extending along the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea for 3400 km length

The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) plays a core role considering the importance of the Kingdom’s extending coasts on the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea along 3400 km.

This role comes in line with the importance of the geographical

holy sites for Hajj and Umrah visitors. The Kingdom’s ports sector is a key one in supporting the economic growth in various fields. This has earned the Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) the utmost importance; as the main pillar on which the Kingdom depends on

25th Kingdom’s ranking in the logistics performance index from 52th to 25th place CONTINENTS WORLDWIDE” “WE ARE TRANSFORMING OUR PORTS TO BE GLOBAL PLATFORMS FOR EXPORTING INDUSTRIES TO ALL

location of Saudi Arabia, as one of the three pillars of Vision 2030, to narrate the Kingdom’s success story, being the heart of the Arab and Islamic worlds, as well as a focal hub for the three

The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) plays an important role in the transportation system to achieve one of the objectives of the Kingdom Vision 2030.

continents; Asia Europe and Africa. The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) was established in 1396 AH to organize a particular system of work that would build and manage the Saudi ports with high efficiency. It played an exceptional role in developing the regional and international maritime trade and passenger transport, principally for the

achieving its successive development plans, being the main factor in the trade and industrial exchange between the Kingdom and other countries worldwide. Mersat magazine is honored to meet Eng. Saad bin Abdulaziz Al-Khalb, President of the Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI), in an interview discussing

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