Middle East
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DP World hit by strikes across Australia
Dubai: Strikes have broken out at DP World’s operations in Australia as local trade unions fight for better working conditions…
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UAE’s ports get rail links
Dubai: Abu Dhabi’s ports are being connected to the existing rail network with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Government…
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Libya’s oil woes continue
Cairo: Protesters blocking Libya’s eastern Abu Attifel oilfield closed another field, blocked a road and seized a company plane in…
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ZIM looks at options on US west coast
Los Angeles: Reports from Israel suggest containerline ZIM is considering nixing Oakland from its US west coast calls. Oakland has…
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Ince announces Dubai succession
Dubai: Dubai based shipping and energy specialist, Rania Tadros, will succeed Graham Crane as the Dubai office managing partner at…
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Boxship collision at mouth of Suez caught on camera
Cairo: Two containerships collided at the northern end of Egypt's Suez Canal yesterday, in an accident that was captured on…
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Egypt earmarks billions to develop petrochemicals sector
Cairo: Egypt plans to invest $14.5bn in developing its refining and petrochemicals sectors over the next five years, its oil…
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Iran and Oman plan shipping line
Muscat: Iran and Oman are planning to establish a shipping line to facilitate maritime trade between the two countries, said…
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Another Zim shipped blocked at Oakland
Los Angeles: Anti-Israel protesters in Oakland, California prevented a Zim boxship from unloading its goods at the city's port on…
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Kuwait’s Mubarak-Al Kabir port project slips behind schedule
Dubai: The long planned Mubarak-Al Kabir port in Kuwait is slipping behind schedule. Local media cited political disputes as the…
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UASC teams up with Hamburg Sud
Dubai: United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and Hamburg Süd have signed a global cooperation agreement. The agreement came after a…
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Clarion bought out
Dubai: Apollo LogiSolutions, a subsidiary of logistic provider Apollo International, has acquired a majority stake in Dubai-based shipping logistics company…
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Fujairah adding oil facilities
Dubai: Fujairah is bolstering its oil facilties. The UAE’s only port on the Arabian Sea will build greater storage and…
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Chinese firm gets nod to build Ashdod port
Beijing: The Beijing-based company China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) is to build a private port at Ashdod in Israel. The…
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Dubai establishes maritime arbitration centre
Dubai: A maritime arbitration centre has been set up in Dubai. Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown…
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Strike hits Safaga
Cairo: Dozens of trucks coming from various Gulf states have all backed up at the Egyptian Safaga Port, due to…
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Quarter of digging complete for new Suez Canal
Cairo: Despite plenty of local reports that construction has been plagued by a number of leakages. Major General Kamel Al-Waziri,…
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Rocket attack halts oil shipments at Zawiya
Cairo: Production has been temporarily shut down at the 340,000-barrels-a-day Sharara field in Libya after a rocket hit a tank…
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Egyptians rush to buy into new Suez project
Cairo: It took just eight days for Egypt to raise the $8.5bn it sought in funding for the new Suez…
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Gulf Drilling orders at Keppel FELS
Singapore: Keppel FELS announced that it has secured contracts to build two jackup rigs from returning customer Gulf Drilling International…
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