Arab News, Mon, Jun 24, 2024 | Dhu al-Hijjah 18, 1445
MAWANI and REVIVA establish recycling and industrial waste complex at Jeddah Islamic Port
Saudi Arabia:
The Saudi Ports Authority, MAWANI, signed on Sunday a SR30million ($8
million) contract with the Global Environmental Management Services Ltd., or
Reviva, to establish a complex for recycling marine and industrial waste at
Jeddah Islamic Port.
The president of MAWANI, Omar bin Talal Hariri, and the CEO of of the Saudi
Investment Recycling Co., Ziad bin Mohammed Al-Shiha, signed the contract in the
presence of a number of other officials.
According to the Saudi Press Agency, the contract is part of the efforts exerted
by MAWANI to promote environmental sustainability, maintain the safety of the
marine environment, and build a sustainable maritime sector that enhances the
Kingdom’s position as a global logistics center and a hub connecting three
continents.
The implementation of the contract comes in line with the National Transport and
Logistics Strategy and the Green Port Initiative. The new complex will
contribute to enhancing the transformation of waste into valuable resources
while building a thriving circular economy in the Kingdom.
According to SPA, these objectives can be met by providing comprehensive waste
management and recycling solutions, industrial maintenance and transportation
services, and recycling by-products. As such, waste volume is significantly
reduced while waste management and environmental conservation improves.
The strategic cooperation scales up the outcomes of efforts exerted to achieve
waste management goals in the Kingdom in line with Saudi Vision 2030. It also
increases the private sector’s contribution to supporting economic development
and listing Jeddah Islamic Port under the Top 10 ports in the world.
MAWANI is keen to introduce pioneering initiatives directly related to the Saudi
Green Initiative which aims to reduce emissions, address climate change, and
enhance the partnership between the public and private sectors to expand the
related scope of work and thus, improve the commercial attractiveness of the
Kingdom’s ports in the eyes of the whole world.