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“The port will anchor the industrial city OXAGON,” Vishal Wanchoo, OXAGON's chief executive, said in an interview, adding that it is targeting a capacity up to 9 million twenty-foot equivalent unit.
NEOM’s industrial city, known as OXAGON, is set to be the largest floating industrial complex in the world.
Wanchoo also said an existing port near the city of Duba,in the Red Sea will be transformed to handle a container capacity of 3.5 to 4 million TEUs by 2030.
He added that the 50 square kilometer area is expected to house 80,000 to 90,000 residents and 40 to 50 companies by 2030.
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