In Saudi Arabia, terminals have been privatized of eight national ports that have been assigned in management for 20 years under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT). Terminals in the ports of King Abdulaziz (Dammam), Jubail Commercial Port, King Fahd Industrial Port (Jubail) and Ras Al-Khair will be operated by Saudi Global Ports (SGP), a company that is owned by the port group PSA Singapore International Championship, by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Saudi Al Blagha Holding for Investments (ABGI) and which manages the two container terminals of the port by King Abdulaziz. Multipurpose terminals in Jeddah Islamic ports Port, Yanbu Commercial Port, King Fahd Industrial Port and Jazan will be operated by the Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT), a company which is controlled by the Saudi Red Sea Ports Development Co. (RSPD) and is owned by the PIF sovereign wealth fund and the COSCO Shipping Ports and which manages the new Port of Jeddah container terminal.

The private investment envisaged in these activities It amounts to more than 2.2 billion riyals ($586 million). From SGP has announced that it intends to invest in the four concessions obtained more than 700 million riyals for upgrading the terminals and purchasing new equipment.