Middle East
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Yemen pipeline hit by bomb
Doha: Yemeni tribesmen blew up a pipeline in the eastern Hadramawt province, disrupting oil flow two days after they seized an Oil…
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Misrata handles record box volumes
Cairo: In a rare Libyan ports success story, Misrata port has handled record volumes of containers this year. Located 200…
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Cruise calls to Abu Dhabi double
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) is welcoming a record number of maiden calls at Zayed Port this cruise…
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Qatar to help Iran develop world’s largest gas field
Doha: Qatar is willing to help Iran develop its share of the world’s largest gas field. Located beneath the waters…
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EU vows to continue fight against Somali pirates
Brussels: The European Union will take its fight against pirates to Somalia, as it assumes leadership of the Contact Group…
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Drydocks World signs MoU with Polish counterpart
Dubai: Drydocks World and Maritime World has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Warsaw-based MARS Fundusz Inwestycyjny Zamkniety. MARS…
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Sharjah bolsters cruise ambitions
Dubai: Sharjah is looking to lure more international cruiseship business, according to Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Director General, Sharjah Commerce…
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First maritime link between Jordan and Libya
Cairo: A new shipping line has been launched between Aqaba and Benghazi to ship cars to the Libyan market on…
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Poll launched looking at the future of shipping
Singapore: Launched today is an interesting new poll from our sister title, Maritime CEO looking at the future of our…
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Tripoli might deploy troops to lift port blockades
Cairo: Libyan Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arusi on Saturday issued another warning of military intervention to lift a months-long blockade of…
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Abu Dhabi enforces tanker phase-out
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) is applying a phase-out schedule for old oil tankers. ADPC’s phase-out schedule has…
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Abu Dhabi enforces tanker phase-out
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) is applying a phase-out schedule for old oil tankers. ADPC’s phase-out schedule…
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UASC closes landmark $1.25bn loan facility
Dubai: United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has closed a $1.251bn multitranche syndicated loan facility for the partial financing of seven…
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MCL doubles fleet size, continues tonnage hunt
Dubai: MAG Container Lines (MCL) from Dubai has purchased three feederships as it ups its UAE to Iraq service. The…
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Container infrastructure boost in Riyadh
Dubai: Riyadh Dry Port is expanding its handling capacity from the current 400,000 teu to 1m teu per year as…
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Reforms at Asry
Dubai: A package of reforms have been approved at Bahrain's Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard's (Asry). These include the reorganisation…
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Transas upgrades training centre in Jordan
Cairo: Transas Middle East has won a contract to re-equip and expand Jordan Academy for Maritime Studies (JAMS) with new…
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UAE hot for ship finance
London: The UAE ranks alongside China and the US as the hottest places for ship finance at the moment, according…
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Gulftainer plans global expansion
Dubai: Sharjah-based Gulftainer has laid out plans to triple port throughput by 2020 to become a top six global container…
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ADNOC’s ten PSV order
Dubai: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced significant expansion plans with a European order for 10 platform supply…
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