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Oxagon

Port of NEOM's Oxagon terminal was 68% built as of December 2025. An interim port on the same site has moved cargo and ferry traffic since August 2022, handling about 250,000 TEU a year. In May 2025 it received Saudi Arabia's first fully automated, remote-controlled cranes — ZPMC-built, with AI-assisted fleet management — ahead of Terminal 1's 2026 opening, as Phase 2 dredging began toward a 1.5-million-TEU target by 2030.

In build 📅 since 2021 🤖 Uses AI

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Sources

↗ NEOM (operator) — Port of NEOM Open for BusinessOfficial announcement: interim Port of NEOM has handled container, general, project and bulk cargo plus RoPax/ferry services since being handed over in 2022.
↗ Saudi Gazette — Port of NEOM receives Saudi Arabia's first remote-controlled cranesMay 2025: first delivery (3 STS, 4 eRTG cranes) of automated, remote-controlled equipment, reported as a first for Saudi Arabia, ahead of the 2026 terminal launch.
↗ World Cargo News — NEOM: Saudi Arabia's leap into terminal automationTrade press, Aug 2025: ZPMC supplies all 10 STS/30 eRTG cranes; Fleet Management System uses machine learning; Siemens/Mevea digital-twin pilot for predictive maintenance; full end-to-end automation targeted for 2028.
↗ Newsweek — Update: Major Port Grows at World's Biggest Construction SiteDecember 2025: construction 68% complete; current interim capacity about 250,000 TEU/year; target 1.5 million TEU by 2030; full container-terminal operations set to begin 2026.
↗ AGBI — Saudi Arabia pushes on with phase 2 of NEOM's Oxagon portAugust 2025: dredging contractor Deme Group confirms phase-2 earthmoving under way, major dredging planned for later 2025.

This overview was generated with AI from the public sources listed above and checked against them before publication. It has not had a complete human fact-check — treat it as a starting point and follow the sources.

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🇰🇷 Busan New Port West Container Terminal Phase 2-5 · Busan Both terminals keep humans remote-controlling the ship-to-shore cranes — wind and swell rule out full crane autonomy even here. 🇩🇯 Doraleh Container Terminal Smart Tracking System · Djibouti City Same regional playbook: a Red Sea/Gulf terminal wiring remote crane control and container tracking onto an older port. 🇨🇳 Yantian International Container Terminals — Smart Port Automation · Shenzhen Yantian's remote-controlled quay cranes since 2020 are the model NEOM's own remote-controlled cranes followed in 2025.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Oxagon” — NEOM, Saudi Arabia. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/neom-oxagon/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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