Adnan Al-Abadleh, Director General of Arab Bridge Maritime Company (AB Maritime), revealed that the company carried about 31,000 tourists on the Aqaba–Taba line during the first quarter of 2026, up 23% compared with the same period of 2025, which recorded 25,000 tourists, achieving profits 4% higher than the same period last year.
Al-Abadleh stressed that, amid the current geopolitical circumstances in the region, the company continues to provide its services and operate its sea trips regularly as the main link between Jordan and Egypt, explaining that travelling by sea in such exceptional circumstances is the lowest-cost and safest option. Despite higher operating costs due to rising fuel prices, the company achieved distinctive and positive results during the first quarter of 2026, maintaining the stability of its operations, transporting more than 23,000 trucks during the first quarter of 2026 and carrying more than 92,000 passengers, an increase of 32% compared with the same period of 2025, which recorded 70,000 passengers.
Al-Abadleh explained that in 2025 the company achieved an unprecedented number of tourists, carrying 130,000 tourists in both directions, compared with 85,000 in 2024, an increase of 52%, despite the geopolitical tensions the world witnessed that affected various countries.
This came during the 87th General Assembly meeting of Arab Bridge Maritime Company, chaired by Lt. Gen. Eng. Kamel El-Wazir, Minister of Transport, in the presence of Jordan's Minister of Transport, Dr. Eng. Nidal Qatamin, Eng. Mohieddin Amara representing Iraq's Minister of Transport Dr. Khaled Shwani, Major General Dr. Nehad Shaheen, Deputy Minister of Transport for Maritime Transport, and the chairman and members of the company's board. The meeting coincides with the company's celebrations of its 40th anniversary.
