Fujairah accounted for more than one quarter of dry bulk vessels recorded waiting across a sample of Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman berths, according to a regional report published on 29 October 2026.
Sources said the tally, taken on 28 October, identified 265 dry bulk ships waiting at 29 selected ports. Fujairah was recorded with 74 vessels, representing 28 per cent of the total, the report added.
Concentration at Fujairah
The report describes Fujairah as the single largest concentration of waiting bulk tonnage in the survey. Fujairah's 74 vessels accounted for the largest share of the waiting fleet recorded in the data set.
Sohar was also singled out in the report as one of the leading ports in the count, though the published summary supplied for verification did not include a detailed breakdown beyond Fujairah's figures.
Regional spread of waiting vessels
More than six months into what the report calls the Middle East shipping crisis, vessel waiting remained elevated across both the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The 265 dry bulk ships were recorded across 29 selected ports, illustrating a broad regional pattern rather than a problem confined to a single location.
The reports item framed the numbers under the headline Gulf Congestion Rises, Fujairah Takes 28 per cent, signalling that the issue of waiting tonnage has been persistent and is being tracked at multiple anchorages and berths across the region.
The published snapshot is limited to the counts and the share attributed to Fujairah. The summary supplied for verification does not provide further operational detail, durations of waiting, cargo types beyond the dry bulk classification, or port-by-port comparisons for every entry in the 29-port sample.
Maritime observers will rely on subsequent updates or fuller datasets to assess trends such as whether Fujairah's share is increasing, static, or beginning to return towards pre-crisis levels. For now, the 28 October snapshot presents Fujairah as a focal point for waiting dry bulk tonnage within the surveyed ports.
The persistence of elevated waiting across the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, as presented in The report, underscores the continuing regional nature of congestion recorded at the end of October 2026. The numbers supplied in the report form a concise metric for those tracking bulk shipping flows and anchorage utilisation in the region.
The Maritime Gazette will report further when full listings or follow-up counts are published that expand on the 29-port sample and provide additional detail on port-level conditions and vessel dwell times.