Ship
February

First multipurpose vessel joined the fleet
Bahri Line acquired its first multipurpose vessel, a type of ship designed to carry a wide variety of cargo types, initially to cater to requirements of renewable energy and infrastructure projects.

Bahri Oil exits refined product shipping

Bahri Oil sold its remaining product tanker, marking its exit from petroleum product transport.

Logistics Center construction at Jeddah Islamic Port

Construction commenced at the Jeddah Port for a state-of-the-art storage and handling facility with an annual throughput capacity of 900,000 pallets, with completion targeted for 2025.

Guinness World Record for largest desalination barge

Guinness World Records recognized Bahri’s new desalination facility as the largest floating desalination plant built on a marine barge.

April

First desalination barge’s commercial operation

Bahri completed construction of its first 50 million liter per day seawater desalination barge stationed off Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, and started potable water delivery to offtaker Saudi Water Authority.

June

Cash dividends declared

The Bahri General Assembly approved a cash dividend distribution to shareholders of % 0.55 per share, equivalent to a 25 % pay-out ratio on 2023 earnings.

July

MoU with Folk Maritime

Bahri Ship Management (BSM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Folk Maritime, a newly formed feeder and short-sea shipping operator, to collaborate on technical ship management and crewing of vessels, marking BSM’s first venture of extending its expertise beyond Bahri’s own fleet.

Training agreement with Saudi Logistics Academy

Bahri forged a two-year agreement for Saudi Logistics Academy to train and qualify young Saudis for placement in Bahri’s business units.

August

Bahri finalized purchase agreement for nine VLCCs

Bahri signed a USD 1 billion purchase agreement with Capital Maritime and Trading Corp to acquire nine modern second-hand eco VLCCs to be delivered in batches up to mid-2025.

October

Murabaha financing agreement secured

A USD 756 million Murabaha credit facility was secured to partially fund Bahri’s purchase of nine VLCCs from Capital Maritime.

November

Bahri received two awards at The Maritime Standard Awards 2024

Bahri was recognized as Shipping Company of the Year and Tanker Operator of the Year by The Maritime Standard Awards.

December

Completion of Bahri’s second desalination barge

Bahri commenced operation of the second of its three desalination barges, also stationed off Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

National Grain Company terminal began operations

The National Grain Company, a 50/50 joint venture by Bahri and Saudi Agricultural Livestock Investment Company (SALIC),
started operating its grain handling terminal at Yanbu Commercial Port, designed to handle three million tons of grain annually.

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