Middle East
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Qatar looking at Aden port investments
Doha: Qatar is looking to take over management of the container terminal at the port of Aden. The terminal, which…
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Tanker targeted in Yemen
Doha: Violent clashes erupted between the army and gunmen on Wednesday as gunmen tried to intercept a tanker in the…
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Army head urges Suez forces to be vigilant
Cairo: Major General Osama Askar, commander of the Third Field Army, has asked the soldiers and officers of the combat…
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Dubai Maritime City and Shell explore LNG possibilities
Dubai: Dubai Maritime City has signed an MOU with Shell to explore alternative sources of energy such as LNG. The…
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Force majeure lifted at some Libyan ports
Cairo: Libyan National Oil Corp has lifted the state of force majeure partially on Tuesday after the improvement of re-production…
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Gulf Navigation VLCC arrested in Rotterdam
Dubai: Financially struggling Gulf Navigation Holding saw one of its VLCCs stopped at Rotterdam port on Monday. The 2007-built Gulf…
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Singapore bunkering firm readies Dubai opening
Singapore: One-year old Singaporean bunker supplier Dynamic Oil Trading is set to open its Dubai office “imminently” it said in…
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Oilfield opens up, Libyan strikes on the wane
Cairo: Another oilfield strike in Libya has been broken up today. The oilfields opening up around the city of Cyrenaica…
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Suez wage bill not being met by tolls
A well known economics professor at Cairo University, Dr Rashad Abdou, has spoken out about how revenues from the Suez…
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KOTC offloads four older tankers
Dubai: As part of its fleet renewal plan Kuwait Oil Tanker Co (KOTC) has sold four older MR product…
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Investigations into sunken dock
Doha: Investigators are looking into how a floating dry dock used for ship repair could have sunk on Friday. The…
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Terror plot at Algerian port foiled
Cairo: Local media in Algeria reported yesterday that security services had foiled a "big" terrorist plot to attack an important…
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Somali president discusses piracy issue in Dubai
Dubai: The third annual conference to combat maritime piracy was opened in Dubai yesterday with the Somali President Hassan Sheikh…
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Maritime CEO magazine launches with $1bn exclusive
Singapore: The launch issue of Maritime CEO magazine is available online from today packed with exclusive profiles, market commentary, economic…
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Fire on Thai ship at Jeddah
Dubai: Firefighters fought late into the night yesterday to put a fire on a Thai ship in the Saudi port…
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Giant Jubail refinery up and running
Doha: The $8.5bn joint venture between Saudi Aramco and France's Total, the Saudi Jubail refinery, with a capacity of 400,000…
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Authorities take further measures in Suez clamp down
Cairo: In further crackdowns along the key waterway all fishing has been banned in the Suez Canal while the majority…
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No improvement in Libyan port strikes
Cairo: The president of the union for the Libyan oil and gas sector, Louay Daoud, confirmed in a statement today…
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Iraqi Oil Tanker Company in the market for a newbuild
Dubai: Iraqi Oil Tanker Company (IOTC) is in the market for 9,000 dwt product tanker, sources within the firm tell…
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As monsoon season lifts, IMB warns on piracy
Kuala Lumpur: The International Maritime Bureau has warned masters transiting the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden to be…
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