{"version":"1","article":{"id":"aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026","slug":"aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026?lang=en","title":"Aqaba Container Terminal handles more than 104,000 TEUs in August record","summary":"The Jordanian port terminal reported a monthly high across 58 vessels, with transit cargo, Iraq-bound containers and truck movements among the operational details disclosed.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-04T01:07:24+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-04T01:07:24+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Petra News Agency, citing Aqaba Container Terminal","url":"https://petra.gov.jo/kbp/index.php/en/news/aqaba-container-terminal-handles-record-104000-teus-in-august","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"terminal-operations","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Akabe terminal operasyonları","en":"Aqaba terminal operations"},"description":{"tr":"Petra’nın Akabe Konteyner Terminalinden aktardığı Ağustos 2026 operasyon ölçümleri.","en":"August 2026 operating measures reported by Petra from Aqaba Container Terminal."},"methodology":{"tr":"TEU standart yirmi fit eşdeğer kapasite ölçüsüdür, fiziksel konteyner adedi değildir. Veri yalnızca kaynakta tam sayı olarak verilen yan ölçümleri içerir.","en":"TEU is a standard twenty-foot equivalent capacity unit, not a count of physical containers. This dataset includes only supporting measures stated as exact figures by the source."},"items":[{"label":{"tr":"Ağustos ithalat hacmi","en":"August import volume"},"value":36000,"unit":"TEU","period":"2026-08","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"aqaba-import-teu","unitCode":"teu","geography":"jordan","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Ağustos gemi çağrısı","en":"Vessel calls in August"},"value":58,"unit":"count","period":"2026-08","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"aqaba-vessel-calls","unitCode":"count","geography":"jordan","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}}],"sourceUrls":["https://petra.gov.jo/kbp/index.php/en/news/aqaba-container-terminal-handles-record-104000-teus-in-august"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-03T21:45:21Z"}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"terminal-operations","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"terminal-operations","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026/data/terminal-operations?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/aqaba-container-terminal-august-record-2026/data/terminal-operations?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Aqaba Container Terminal handled more than 104,000 twenty-foot equivalent units in August 2026, setting a monthly record, according to a report by Jordan’s Petra News Agency citing the terminal. The throughput came from 58 vessels and marked a second consecutive month of record handling after the terminal processed 101,900 TEUs in July. TEU is a standardized measure of container capacity based on a twenty-foot unit; it counts equivalent capacity rather than the number of individual boxes or the value of the cargo. The comparison therefore describes port throughput, not revenue, trade value or vessel size.","The August report included several different operational measures. It said more than 20,000 TEUs were transit cargo and more than 10,000 were bound for Iraq. It also reported 36,000 TEUs of imports and more than 43,000 truck gate movements. These figures describe separate parts of terminal activity and should not be added together as if they were mutually exclusive categories: cargo can be classified by route or direction, while gate movements count road transactions. The source did not provide a complete breakdown that would allow every category to be reconciled to the headline throughput figure.","The consecutive monthly records show that the terminal handled a high volume in both July and August, but two months do not establish a long-term trend. Container flows can vary by season, shipping schedules and cargo routing, and the release does not explain the causes of the increase. Nor does the record alone show whether individual importers or exporters faced lower costs, shorter waiting times or more reliable delivery. Those outcomes would require separate operational and commercial measures. The report’s central claim is narrower: the terminal’s August container-equivalent throughput exceeded 104,000 TEUs and surpassed its previous July monthly high.","Aqaba is Jordan’s maritime gateway, so terminal activity is relevant to the movement of goods into and through the country. The disclosed transit and Iraq-bound volumes also show that some terminal traffic was destined beyond the Jordanian domestic market. Yet a terminal tally is not a national trade statistic. It counts handled container capacity at one facility and does not capture all forms of cargo, other ports, customs values or the eventual destination of every shipment. The figures should therefore be read as a logistics indicator tied to a specific terminal and month, not as a direct measure of the country’s total imports or exports.","Petra’s report attributes the data to Aqaba Container Terminal and provides the vessel count, the July comparison, and selected cargo and road-handling figures. It does not offer a detailed methodological note on whether a TEU is counted at loading, discharge or both, nor does it identify the commodity mix. The article accordingly preserves the reported measures without inferring a cause or economic impact that the source did not quantify. For port users, the record signals heavier container handling during the month; assessing the effects on capacity and service would require additional information on turnaround times, yard utilization and scheduled vessel calls."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The Jordanian port terminal reported a monthly high across 58 vessels, with transit cargo, Iraq-bound containers and truck movements among the operational details disclosed.\n\nAqaba Container Terminal handled more than 104,000 twenty-foot equivalent units in August 2026, setting a monthly record, according to a report by Jordan’s Petra News Agency citing the terminal. The throughput came from 58 vessels and marked a second consecutive month of record handling after the terminal processed 101,900 TEUs in July. TEU is a standardized measure of container capacity based on a twenty-foot unit; it counts equivalent capacity rather than the number of individual boxes or the value of the cargo. The comparison therefore describes port throughput, not revenue, trade value or vessel size.\n\nThe August report included several different operational measures. It said more than 20,000 TEUs were transit cargo and more than 10,000 were bound for Iraq. It also reported 36,000 TEUs of imports and more than 43,000 truck gate movements. These figures describe separate parts of terminal activity and should not be added together as if they were mutually exclusive categories: cargo can be classified by route or direction, while gate movements count road transactions. The source did not provide a complete breakdown that would allow every category to be reconciled to the headline throughput figure.\n\nThe consecutive monthly records show that the terminal handled a high volume in both July and August, but two months do not establish a long-term trend. Container flows can vary by season, shipping schedules and cargo routing, and the release does not explain the causes of the increase. Nor does the record alone show whether individual importers or exporters faced lower costs, shorter waiting times or more reliable delivery. Those outcomes would require separate operational and commercial measures. The report’s central claim is narrower: the terminal’s August container-equivalent throughput exceeded 104,000 TEUs and surpassed its previous July monthly high.\n\nAqaba is Jordan’s maritime gateway, so terminal activity is relevant to the movement of goods into and through the country. The disclosed transit and Iraq-bound volumes also show that some terminal traffic was destined beyond the Jordanian domestic market. Yet a terminal tally is not a national trade statistic. It counts handled container capacity at one facility and does not capture all forms of cargo, other ports, customs values or the eventual destination of every shipment. The figures should therefore be read as a logistics indicator tied to a specific terminal and month, not as a direct measure of the country’s total imports or exports.\n\nPetra’s report attributes the data to Aqaba Container Terminal and provides the vessel count, the July comparison, and selected cargo and road-handling figures. It does not offer a detailed methodological note on whether a TEU is counted at loading, discharge or both, nor does it identify the commodity mix. The article accordingly preserves the reported measures without inferring a cause or economic impact that the source did not quantify. For port users, the record signals heavier container handling during the month; assessing the effects on capacity and service would require additional information on turnaround times, yard utilization and scheduled vessel calls.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"article","asset_id":"aqaba-container-terminal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/aqaba-container-terminal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic Red Sea port with an unmarked container ship, two cranes and orderly container stacks.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}