Business Units

Bahri Oil is one of the world’s leading owners and operators of VLCCs and is consistently among the top five VLCC owners globally. Ending 2024 with 41 VLCCs having a total deadweight tonnage of 12.8 million metric tons, Bahri Oil’s operated fleet represents about 5% of the global VLCC capacity. Bahri Oil’s primary cargo load region is the Arabian Gulf market, but the business unit also caters to requirements across all major VLCC routes worldwide. Bahri Oil is the exclusive transporter of Saudi Aramco VLCC crude cargos sold on a delivered basis around the world. Saudi Aramco is the world’s largest crude oil producer and holds a 20% equity stake in Bahri.

Bahri Chemicals owns and operates a diverse fleet of tankers that transports a wide array of liquid cargos, including chemicals, clean petroleum products, vegetable oils and biofuels to customers worldwide. The BU’s customers include chemical producers, integrated oil companies and refiners, commodity traders and players in the vegetable oil / biofuel markets, with Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) as its major customers. Bahri Chemicals is actively involved not only in the spot market, but also in COAs and time charter arrangements, and the sale and purchase of vessels. The BU is incorporated as the National Chemical Carriers Company, and is 80% owned by Bahri Company, with the remaining 20% owned by SABIC.

Bahri Integrated Logistics is the leading supplier of direct shipping services from the United States’ eastern and Gulf coasts to Jeddah, Dubai, Dammam and Mumbai, including moorages in the Mediterranean region and European ports en route, and is one of the top 10 breakbulk and roll-on/roll-off vessels globally. The BU also provides land, sea and air freight forwarding, customs clearance, container services, contract logistics, warehousing and other supply chain services for aerospace, defense, construction, perishable, pharmaceutical and healthcare, oil and gas, hotel and automotive companies and institutions.

Bahri Integrated Logistics is organized into two business lines: Bahri Line for shipping breakbulk, RoRo and container cargo, and Bahri Logistics for end-to-end logistics services.

Established in 2010 through a 60/40 joint venture between Bahri and the Arabian Agricultural Services Company, Bahri Dry Bulk is a fully integrated shipowner and operator in the regional and global transportation of dry bulk commodities, with focus on inbound and outbound cargo to and from Saudi Arabia. Headquartered in Riyadh with a regional office in Dubai, Bahri Dry Bulk transports bulk cargoes, primarily grain, fertilizers, coal and iron ore, along worldwide shipping routes to supply the world’s food and energy needs. It has a diversified fleet employment strategy that includes spot market, COAs and time charter agreements.

Bahri Marine Services, a newly operationalized business, is pioneering an innovative approach to seawater desalination using floating mobile barges. The business operates with a 20-year guaranteed offtake agreement with the Saudi Water Authority. Construction of three desalination barges began in 2020, with the first barge commencing commercial operation in April 2024. This barge, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the largest of its kind in the world, marked a significant milestone in the seawater desalination industry. The second barge became operational in December 2024. Each barge is equipped to desalinate seawater up to 50 million liters per day. The barges are stationed off the coast of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.