Port · Saudi Arabia

Port of Dammam

The Port of Dammam in Saudi Arabia is an actively tracked Evergreen discharge port on bexy, with 6,847 tracked arrivals, most often from China, Spain and Germany, and 898 shipments loaded for export.

Arrivals
6,847
Departures
898
Median planned port-to-port
25 days
Top origins
6

Location

UN/LOCODE
SADMM
listed as Ad Dammam
Coordinates
26.49° N, 50.20° E
port position from Wikidata (opens in a new tab)
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh

Code from the UNECE UN/LOCODE list (release 2024-2), matched by bexy to the city and country in Evergreen's record. A port spans many berths: a position stands for the port or its city, not a terminal.

About the Port of Dammam

Cargo bound for Dammam is most often loaded at Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Ningbo. Planned port-to-port transit to Dammam has a median of 25 days (middle half 22–28 days, 90% within 34 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date to the first planned arrival at Dammam in the carrier's routing, across 266 shipments. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 85% of the arrivals. Actual transit to Dammam, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 30 days (middle half 28–31 days, 90% within 34 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Dammam, across 70 shipments with a recorded discharge at Dammam. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 85% of the arrivals.

Containers loaded at Dammam most often sail to Pakistan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore.

Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment through Dammam by its Bill of Lading or container number on bexy for the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status — free, with no account needed.

Arrivals at Dammam

Where cargo for Dammam comes from
Origin country Shipments
China [CN]6,814
Spain[ES]15
Germany[DE]10
Netherlands[NL]4
Portugal[PT]2
Belgium[BE]1
Loading ports feeding Dammam
Port of loading Shipments Route
Port of Shanghai [CN]3,931Shanghai → Dammam
Port of Qingdao [CN]1,899Qingdao → Dammam
Port of Xingang [CN]803—
Port of Ningbo [CN]93—
Port of Xiamen [CN]77—
Port of Bilbao [ES]14—
Planned port-to-port transit to Dammam estimated (from the carrier's planned routing)
Median 25 days
Middle half (P25–P75) 22–28 days
90% within (P90) 34 days
Shipments measured 266

From the loaded-on-board date to the planned arrival at Dammam in the carrier's routing — estimates, port to port, with no inland leg. Volume-weighted across the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 85% of the arrivals.

Actual port-to-port transit to Dammam actual (from carrier discharge events)
Median 30 days
Middle half (P25–P75) 28–31 days
90% within (P90) 34 days
Shipments with a recorded discharge 70

From the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Dammam, as Evergreen's container events record it — actual dates, not estimates, for only the shipments whose discharge is on record. Volume-weighted across the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 85% of the arrivals.

Departures from Dammam

Top destinations from Dammam
Destination country Shipments
Pakistan [PK]471
Taiwan [TW]124
Indonesia [ID]51
Singapore [SG]38
India [IN]24
Malaysia [MY]22

Recent shipments bound for Dammam

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Port of Dammam?
The Port of Dammam is a container shipping port in Saudi Arabia. bexy tracks 7,745 shipment legs moving through it.
Where does cargo arriving at the Port of Dammam come from?
Cargo discharged at Dammam most often comes from China, Spain, Germany and Netherlands, loaded mainly at Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Ningbo. Origins are the place-of-receipt countries on the Evergreen (EGLV) Bills of Lading tracked on bexy.
How long does shipping to Dammam take?
Planned port-to-port transit to Dammam has a median of 25 days (middle half 22–28 days, 90% within 34 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date to the first planned arrival at Dammam in the carrier's routing, across 266 shipments. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 85% of the arrivals. These are the carrier's planned dates, port to port; any inland leg after discharge at Dammam adds time.
How long does shipping to Dammam actually take?
Actual transit to Dammam, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 30 days (middle half 28–31 days, 90% within 34 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Dammam, across 70 shipments with a recorded discharge at Dammam. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 85% of the arrivals. These are actual dates from the carrier's container events, not estimates, port to port, and any inland leg after discharge adds time. They cover only shipments whose discharge at Dammam is on record: for most Bills of Lading bexy first reads the record after the container has been returned empty, when the discharge is no longer shown.
Where do shipments from the Port of Dammam go?
The most-tracked destinations for cargo loaded at Dammam are Pakistan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore.
How busy is the Port of Dammam?
bexy tracks 898 export and 6,847 import shipment legs at Dammam. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the port's total throughput.
How do I track a shipment to the Port of Dammam?
Enter the Evergreen (EGLV) Bill of Lading or container number on bexy to follow the vessel, voyage and each container from departure to arrival — free, with no login.

6,847 shipments arriving

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Aggregated from 7,745 tracked shipment legs · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.

Cite this page

bexy, "Port of Dammam — Shipments & Routes", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 7,745 tracked shipment legs. https://bexy.io/ports/dammam

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