Shuwaikh port is considered the main Commercial Port in the country, it is located at Latitude 29° 21' North, and Longitude 47° 56' East. It has a total land area of 3.2 million square meters and 1.2 million square meters water basin area.

The port has 21 berths of which Berth Nos. 1 to 14 has a depth of 10 meters each, and Berth Nos. 18 to 21 has a depth of 8.5 meters each and Berth Nos. 15 to 17 with a depth of 6.7 meters each. Total length of all berths is 4055 meters.

Vessel traffic passes through a navigation channel dredged within Kuwait bay, the length of which is about 8 kilometres and 8.5 meters deep at minimum tide level. The port can receive vessels of 7.5 meters draft at any tide condition and vessels of 9.5 meters draft at high tide.

• BERTH No. 1 Is used for Grain Carriers. It is equipped with a grain elevator of 400-tons/hr. capacities, which transfers such cargo to Grain Silos belonging to Kuwait Flour Mills & Bakeries Company.

• BERTH No. 8 Is used for Bulk Cement Carriers. It is equipped with a cement suction elevator of 400-tons/hr. capacities, which transfers bulk cement to Cement Silo belonging to Portland Cement Company, which is then bagged and distributed to the local market.

• BERTH Nos. 11, 12 & 13 Are Container berths, berth 12 & 13 are equipped with two container gantry cranes with a capacity of 40 tons each under the spreader in addition to two mobile (Gatwald) gantry cranes with lifting capacity of 35 tons each. Berth 11 has no cranes and is used when berth 12 & 13 are occupied, vessel operation is done by mobile gantry.

• BERTH No. 19 & 20 Are used for reefer vessels, there is a cold store located between these berths with 11,500 tons of cooling capacity. The store belongs to Refrigeration Industries Company.

• BERTH No. 21 Is used for Livestock Carrier with a cattle pen opposite the berth on an area of 25,700 square meters.

All other berths are used to handle general cargo, East basin has a depth of 3 meters, West basin has a depth of 3.35 meters and the North basin has 6.7 meters, inside the North basin 10 small piers are located to berth Tugs, Pilot boats and other Port service crafts.

There are within the port 12 warehouses covering an area of 171,191 square meter, top covered sheds of 15,250 square meters, fenced and open storage area of 381,870 square meters.

Shuwaikh container terminal is located to the North West of Shuwaikh port, and has a total area of 26 hectors. The terminal also has three CFS warehouses, which are located within the port boundaries, and has a total area of 24,000 square meters. There are 128 electrical points for reefer containers.

Customs inspection area with a capacity to handle 30 containers at one time is also situated within the port premises.

* Information given herein is, as given in Kuwait Ports Authority yearbook and details are subject to changes, by Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA), without notice.