Middle East
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UASC leads INTTRA data survey
Parsippany: INTTRA, the world’s largest multi-carrier e-commerce network for ocean shipping, has announced the first results from its comprehensive ocean…
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Drydocks World: Energy focus
Dubai: The excesses of the past decade would appear to be over for Drydocks World (DDW), Dubai’s leading shipyard group.…
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Drydocks World chairman outlines energy focus
Dubai: Drydocks World (DDW), Dubai’s leading shipyard group, will increasingly focus on energy-related construction, its chairman has told our sister…
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Foundation stone laid for new Mumbai terminal
Mumbai: A major milestone in the development of the new DP World terminal at India’s premier gateway port, Jawaharlal Nehru…
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Kanoo and Seaworld extend partnership
Dubai: Saudi Arabia's Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Company and Mumbai-based Seaworld Shipping and Logistics have signed a joint venture agreement…
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BIMCO selects Dubai for annual gathering
Dubai: Shipowner association Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) has chosen Dubai as the venue for its annual conference and…
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Iraq oil exports highest since before Kuwait invasion
Dubai: Iraq exported 2.8m barrels of oil per day in February, the highest such figure in at least a quarter-century.…
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Al Jaber acquires unique vessel
Dubai: Abu Dhabi’s Al Jaber Shipping Agency and Marine Works has just acquired the Al Jaber 72, a landing craft…
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Sentences handed down in Sohar port corruption case
Muscat: A 23-year jail sentence has been handed to the ceo of Oman Oil Company (OOC) for bribes relating to…
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Facelift for Abu Dhabi city ports
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has announced today an investment of AED20m to carry out essential maintenance work…
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Death sentences for Suez Canal plotters
Cairo: A total of 26 people were sentenced to death in absentia on Wednesday in Egypt for plotting attacks on…
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Khalifa to get rail link
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Etihad Rail providing the framework…
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Harsco signs up with Sohar
Muscat: Sohar Port and Freezone (SPFZ) has signed a tenancy agreement with US firm Harsco Corporation. Harsco will process steel…
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Oman pushes for IMO council seat
Muscat: Oman is pushing for a seat on the council at the International Maritime Organisation as it pushes its shipping…
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Iranian president vows to boost shipbuilding
Dubai: The Iranian president has outlined plans to develop the country’s southern littoral states. “One of the objectives of the…
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Dredging at Damietta
Cairo: The Ministry of Transportation will spend EGP67m dredging Damietta Port Around 1m cu m will be dredged as part…
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Intership: Egypt optimist
Cairo: Plans to develop the banks of the Suez Canal into an economic corridor could transform the troubled nation, argues…
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Suez Canal development project can transform Egypt: Intership
Cairo: Plans to develop the banks of the Suez Canal into an economic corridor could transform the troubled nation, argues…
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Strike at Haifa
Cairo: A strike has hit the state-run port of Haifa today as the ongoing spat with the government over planned…
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Kizad signs deal with food firm
Abu Dhabi: The capital’s biggest infrastructure project, the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), has announced the signing of a…
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