Middle East
Arcadis selected for Aqaba port development
Dubai: Arcadis, an engineering and consultancy firm, has won a contract with Aqaba Development Corporation in Jordan to provide construction…
Read More »Bahrain cruise figures pick up
Dubai: Bahrain is seeing a notable windfall from more and more cruiseship calls. Around $11m has entered the country’s…
Read More »Army clears out protesters at Port Tawfik
Cairo: The army were called in yesterday to clear out a mass protest by young unemployed men who had…
Read More »ADPC keen to invest overseas
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has plans to take a leaf out of neighbour DP World and…
Read More »AGODCO focuses on LPG investments
Abu Dhabi: On its launch day GulfShip News catches up with the ceo of a company raising $100m to invest…
Read More »DP World profit hits $749m
Dubai: DP World managed a profit of $749m in 2012, up 10% year-on-year, following what chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem…
Read More »Abu Dhabi gets new marine services firm
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC has launched a subsidiary for shipping into the emirate – ADPC Marine Services.…
Read More »Protests hamper another Egyptian port
Cairo: Young unemployed men in Suez closed on Monday the main gate of the Bou Tawfiq Port in a protest…
Read More »Livestock traders hit out at massive port bills
Dubai: Livestock traders in the Kingdom of Bahrain have hit out at the escalating fees forced upon them by ports…
Read More »Transhipment on the wane as region welcomes direct calls
Dubai: The recent growth in container traffic to and from the Middle East is encouraging ocean carriers to replace transhipment…
Read More »FIS opens in Dubai
London: FIS, the British broker of freight and commodity swaps, is opening an office in Dubai. “The move is in…
Read More »ACT expanding as neighbours struggle
Aqaba: Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) in Jordan has completed the first part of the its planned second phase expansion. A…
Read More »Aramco rents space from Vopak in Fujairah
Dubai: Saudi Aramco has rented space to store fuel in the port of Fujairah in the UAE, to support its…
Read More »New gas field found in Qatar
Doha: Qatar Petroleum and Wintershall announced yesterday the discovery of a new field of natural gas in Region 4 North…
Read More »Suez Canal is fully secured and navigation traffic is running normally
Cairo: Despite demonstrators disabling ferries between Port Said and Port Fouad for three hours General Mohab Mmich, head of the…
Read More »DP World says Egyptian terminal ops back to normal
Cairo: DP World, which manages Sokhna Port on Egypt’s Red Sea, said that operations there are running normally despite the…
Read More »Launch of Maritime CEO, the portal for top shipping insights
Singapore: Maritime CEO, the portal for leading shipping insights, officially launches this week. Brought to you by Asia Shipping…
Read More »Intercargo worried about January 1 implementation of MARPOL Annex V
London: Intercargo, representing the interests of dry bulk shipowners and operators, has found a general lack of information and…
Read More »Singapore selects Qatargas
Singapore: Singapore has concluded a deal witb Qatargas for its commissioning first ever LNG cargo. The fuel will arrive…
Read More »Yangzijiang in Qatar jack-up deal
Doha: Jiangsu Yangzijiang Offshore Engineering is getting close to ink a deal with Qatar Investment Corporation to build a…
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