Middle East
Government earmarks $20m for Aqaba
Cairo: The Jordanian government has decided to contribute in the financing of the new port of Aqaba and specifically its…
Read More »Iran’s first export aframax nearly ready
Dubai: The managing director of Iran Marine Industrial Company, an affiliate of Sadra group of companies, Salman Zarbi announced that…
Read More »Harris Pye opens in Dubai
Dubai: Harris Pye has opened a new company in Jumeirah Lakes Towers in Dubai. The company was established to centralise…
Read More »Int’l naval coalition must stay or else piracy will return
London: In a fascinating, in depth interview with one of the world’s most experienced maritime security professionals our sister site…
Read More »Here comes the bride: MCL welcomes first of four replacements
Dubai: Mag Bride, the first of four replacement vessels for UAE-based MAG Container Lines (MCL), left from Sharjah on its…
Read More »Aden welcomes CMA CGM
Dubai: Aden port received today a vessel belonging to French shipping line CMA CGM, which is working with Taiwan’s Evergreen…
Read More »Korean financing for Saudi petrochemical complex
Doha: The Export-Import Bank of South Korea will provide $400m to the Sadara project, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco,…
Read More »Trucking fees fall in Abu Dhabi
Dubai: Trucking prices fell from Abu Dhabi ports by about 30% during the first four months of this year. The…
Read More »$7bn transport bill as US plans Afghan pullout
Washington: The US department of defence has tapped a number of top container lines as it readies to pull out…
Read More »Suez bunkering facility gets green light
Cairo: Al Mashreq Petroleum Company signed yesterday an agreement for a period of 25 years with the Egyptian government, under…
Read More »Another refinery for Qatar
Doha: An engineering services, procurement, supply and construction contract was signed yesterday for Laffan2 Refinery project. It is the second…
Read More »DP World unveils asset management programme
Dubai: DP World has launched the industry's largest asset management programme, covering its entire global operations. The new asset management…
Read More »Strikes return to Sokhna
Cairo: Subcontractors at Sokhna port on Egypt’s Red Sea are once again protesting, providing terminal operator DP World with further…
Read More »Gazprom mulls Egyptian diesel shipments
Cairo: Eng Tariq Barqatawi, first undersecretary at the ministry of petroleum for exploration and conventions, said that Gazprom has not…
Read More »Dan-Bunkering opening in Dubai
Dubai: Denmark’s Dan-Bunkering will open an office in Dubai this July. Kasper Fulton Stiedl has been appointed as managing director…
Read More »3 injured following UASC engine explosion
Dubai: United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) has reported one of its ships, Asir, suffered an explosion in its engine room…
Read More »Aramco establishes residential city near Dammam
Doha: Saudi Aramco revealed its intention to create an integrated city for its employees, south of Dammam City‫. Aramco…
Read More »RINA and Drydocks World tie up
Dubai: Italian classification society RINA has entered into a framework agreement to supply certification and engineering services to UAE-based…
Read More »Mashreq Petroleum’s Suez Canal first
Cairo: Mashreq Petroleum has signed a contract to build and operate the first terminal for storage and handling petroleum…
Read More »Qatar involved in US gas exports to Britain
Doha: ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum have signed an agreement to export liquefied natural gas to Britain from the export…
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