foot equivalent unit) it shows a decline of 5.67 per cent, accounting for 3,270,082 tons compared to 3,455,444 tons of last year statistics. The Transshipment Containers (in TEU) also declined by 27.07 percent, accounting for 873,225 containers compared to 1,109,621 containers in 2008. The number of passengers through Jeddah Islamic port; Yanbu Commercial Port and Dhiba Port totaled 847,661 passengers at the end of the third quarter 2009, showing a decline of 17.54 percent compared to 996,313 passengers in the same period of 2008. Referring to Commodity Discharged Details during the period under review, it said the cargo discharged totaled 43,034,879 tons compared to 50,773,719 tons in the same period in 2008, showing a decline of 17.98 per cent. (The commodities included Construction, Food & Foodstuffs, Vehicles, Consumer Goods and Other Cargo Discharged items. As regards Commodity Loaded Details during the period under review, it said total cargo loaded accounted for 62,150,732 tons compared to 63,976,483, registering a decrease of 2.94 per cent. (The Commodity-loaded included Refined Products, Liquefied Gas, Petrochemicals, Food & Foodstuffs, Industrial Products, Recycling Material, Empty Containers & Chassis, Vehicles, and other cargo loaded items.
