Khalifa Bin Salman Port (Bahrain)

Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) is Bahrain's main seaport — a modern container and multipurpose port that serves as the kingdom's primary maritime gateway, handling its containerised, general and RoRo trade. Opened in 2009, it replaced the older Mina Salman as the main commercial port.

Bahrain leverages its position and the King Fahd Causeway link to Saudi Arabia to position itself as a logistics and distribution hub for the northern Gulf, with the port paired with logistics zones and good connectivity. While smaller than the mega-ports of the UAE, KBSP is the key gateway for Bahrain's own market and supports its ambitions as a regional business and logistics centre. For shippers trading with Bahrain, KBSP is the key port of loading or discharge, and understanding it (and the causeway link to Saudi Arabia) is central to planning Bahraini and northern-Gulf logistics. It is the maritime gateway of Bahrain. Understanding it is part of doing business in the market.