Middle East
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Cairo seeks to boost local vessel ownership
Cairo: The Ministry of Transport aims to raise the percentage of goods carried on Egyptian hulls from 3.7% to 10%,…
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Lines prepare to shift services away from Jeddah
Doha: As Jeddah struggles to handle all the cargo passing through Saudi Arabia’s premier port international shipping lines are starting…
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Beirut port congestion costing $30m a month
Cairo: The head of the local union of port agents Hassan Jaroudi has warned in a statement yesterday that massive…
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And then there was one: TS Lines last liner still calling Bandar Abbas
Dubai: With news that Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine is nixing calls to Bandar Abbas on its Asia-Middle East KMS service…
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Malaysian offshore fabricator targets Middle East business
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian offshore fabricator TH Heavy Engineering (THHE) is keen to get into new overseas markets including the Middle…
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Indian delegation in Iran looking at port investment
Dubai: An Indian team has come to Iran looking to invest up to $100m in the southeastern Chabahar port, a…
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Yemen LNG terror attack thwarted
Doha: The Yemeni army foiled a suicide attack by Al Qaeda yesterday. Two cars bombs, targeting two LNG export centres…
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$4.8bn petrochemical complex slated for Suez
Cairo: The Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Hatem Saleh said on Sunday that the project to develop the shores…
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Qatar discusses piracy legal protocols
Doha: Qatar participated in the joint meeting of Justice Experts and Arab Interior to combat maritime piracy yesterday at the…
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Nakilat yard plans laid out
Doha: Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) will build at least 25 vessels per year in the near future and hopes…
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Reassurance Khalifa Port cuts turnaround times
Dubai: Khalifa Port has reduced the turnaround time for ships calling at the container terminal by about 35%, and…
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Jeddah port backlog sees fees climb
Customs clearance fees for imports into Jeddah have been hiked to 1,200 riyals from previous prices of between 600…
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Egypt reduces gas exports to meet domestic demand
Cairo: The chairman of Egyptian General Petroleum Authority Tariq Al Bartaqawi said that Egypt will reduce natural gas exports and…
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Sokhna strike ends
Cairo: Major General Mohamed Abdel Kader Gaballah, head of the Red Sea Ports Authority, has said the three week long…
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Saudi port congestion examined
Doha: The head of the Saudi Ports Authority Abdul Aziz bin Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri has provided some explanations for the congestsion…
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‘Floating armouries’ flouting laws
Dubai: The head of a leading US private maritime security company has criticised many sub-standard competitors operating in the Gulf…
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Growth in Saudi ports spurred by private investment
Riyadh: Captain Mahmoud Harbi, director of Duba port said that the private sector pumped additional investment into Saudi ports…
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GCC anti-piracy team meets in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi: The anti-piracy team within the Gulf Cooperation Council has met in Abu Dhabi to discuss the necessary…
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Sokhna port strike escalates
Cairo: Subcontractors at Sokhna port have gone on strike following the dismissal of nine union members. Repeated worker unrest at…
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Suez Canal revenues fall 5.6% in first 4 months
Cairo: Suez Canal revenues fell during the first four months of this year by 5.6%, to about $1.59bn. The…
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