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In-Depth Analysis of Maritime Ports: Middle East / India-Pakistan / Red Sea Routes

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These three routes often show a certain correlation in freight rate trends, so we will analyze them together.

Middle East Routes

1. United Arab Emirates (UAE，阿拉伯联合酋长国)

The full name is the United Arab Emirates, composed of 7 emirates, and is a key part of the Middle East routes.

ABU DHABI（阿布扎比）
JEBEL ALI（Jebel Ali, actually a port of Dubai, often referred to as DUBAI by many people）
SHARJAH（沙迦）
AJMAN（阿治曼）
UMM AL QUWAIN（乌木盖万）
KHALIFA（哈利法）
RAS AL KHAIMAH（哈伊马角）

2. Saudi Arabia（沙特阿拉伯）

DAMMAM（达曼）
RIYADH（利雅得，an inland city, requiring transshipment by train）
JUBAIL（朱拜勒）

3. Qatar（卡塔尔）

HAMAD（哈马德，also known as Doha New Port; the old Doha Port has been closed and is no longer in use）

4. Bahrain（巴林）

BAHRAIN（巴林， just like Singapore, it is another case where a country shares the same name as its port）

5. Kuwait（科威特）

SHUWAIKH（舒瓦克）
SHUAIBA（舒艾巴）

6. Iraq（伊拉克）

UMM QASR（乌木卡萨 / 乌姆盖斯尔）

7. Oman（阿曼）

SOHAR（索哈尔）

India-Pakistan Routes

The India-Pakistan route is the abbreviation of the India route and Pakistan route. In practice, the India route does not only cover India; it usually also includes Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Maldives. Some shipping companies classify Bangladesh under the Southeast Asia route.

1. India（印度）

India is a relatively special country with a large land area and numerous inland container yards. Therefore, shipping companies usually provide rail transshipment services to inland areas. In international logistics practice, if the destination is marked as "ICD + specific city name", it means the city is an inland point where the shipping company can provide transportation services. Due to the large number of inland points in India, they are not listed one by one here; only major seaports are included.

NHAVA SHEVA（Nhava Sheva, also called JAWAHARLAL NEHRU Port; located in Mumbai, India’s former capital, and also known as Mumbai New Port）
MUMBAI（孟买，only a few shipping companies provide services to this port）
MUNDRA（蒙德拉）
CHENNAI（清奈）
ENNORE（恩诺尔）
PIPAVAV（皮帕瓦沃）
VISAKHAPATNAM（维沙卡帕特南，简称 VIZAG）
COCHIN（科钦）
TUTICORIN（杜蒂戈林）
KOLKATA（加尔各答，也被叫做 CALCUTTA）
NEW MANGALORE（新芒格洛尔）
HALDIA（霍尔迪亚）
HAZIRA（哈兹拉）
PARADIP（巴拉迪布）

2. Pakistan（巴基斯坦）

KARACHI（卡拉奇，Pakistan’s main port, divided into four terminals: S, K, P, and Q）
PORT QASIM（卡西姆，which is the "Q Terminal" mentioned above）

3. Sri Lanka（斯里兰卡）

COLOMBO（科伦坡）

4. Bangladesh（孟加拉国）

CHITTAGONG（吉大）
MONGLA（蒙格拉）
DHAKA（达卡）

5. Maldives（马尔代夫）

MALE（马累）

Red Sea Routes

The Red Sea route specifically refers to ports along the Red Sea. For some countries along the Red Sea, some of their ports belong to the Red Sea route, while others are part of other routes.

1. Saudi Arabia（沙特阿拉伯）

JEDDAH（吉达）

2. Jordan（约旦）

AQABA（亚喀巴）

3. Egypt（埃及）

SOKHNA（索科纳）

4. Djibouti（吉布提）

DJIBOUTI（吉布提）

5. Yemen（也门）

ADEN（亚丁）
HODEIDAH（荷台达）

6. Sudan（苏丹）

PORT SUDAN（苏丹港）

Route classification Major ports by country India ICD inland container depots