Port · Saudi Arabia
Yanbu.
Petroline terminus · Red Sea1820 km from HormuzReference only
On the Red Sea, far west of the Gulf. Saudi Aramco's East-West Pipeline (Petroline) carries crude from Abqaiq to Yanbu, then loads onto tankers that transit the Bab el-Mandeb / Suez route or sail south around the Cape. The single largest non-Hormuz route for Gulf crude — and the operational ceiling on how much Saudi oil can reach market during a Hormuz closure.
Live AIS
Yanbu sits outside our AIS subscription window (22°–28°N, 54°–60°E). We don't surface live transit counts for ports we can't observe directly. The reference particulars below are sourced from public maritime references.
Particulars
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Coordinates
- 24.09°N · 38.06°E
- Port type
- Coastal Breakwater
- Max draft
- 18.0 m
- Max LOA
- Unlimited
- Repair yard
- No · None
- Distance from Hormuz
- 1820 km
- Pipeline terminus
- Petroline (East-West)
Cite as
Straits, “Yanbu port reference”.
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Particulars sourced from World Port Source. Live counts where shown are AIS-derived from our subscription window.