Middle East
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Fees at Dammam up 10% this year
Doha: Costs for shippers using the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam have jumped by around 10% this year…
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Lines look at Sokhna alternatives
Cairo: In a sign of the growing unrest and uncertainty surrounding the Egyptian Red Sea port of Sokhna Singapore container…
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Bahrain positions itself to help develop Jubail
Doha: The CEO of APM Terminals, Marco Neelsen, has talked about his firm’s plans to create a marine bridge link…
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DSME scores significant Abu Dhabi contract
Dubai: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of Korea has announced that its consortium with Petrofac Emirates was awarded a contract…
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Dammam delays increase
Doha: Vessels leave King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam without loading a part of their goods because of the…
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Worker unrest at Alexandria
Cairo: Major General Adel Yassin Hamad, chairman of the general authority for the port of Alexandria, has started investigations…
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East Asian LNG imports impacting Suez traffic
Cairo: Mohab Mamish, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said that there is a noticeable decline in the number…
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Iraqi ship orders near
Seoul: Iraq’s top shipping line is looking to expand and has been on a scouting mission to Korea. The…
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Trelleborg Marine Systems shifts headquarters to Dubai
Singapore: Redolent of the busy port construction scene in the region Richard Hepworth, business unit president at marine fender maker…
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ASRY targets Saudi business with new branch office
Dubai: Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY)'s chief executive Chris Potter, noting a recovery in demand for ship repair this…
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Iraqi Kurdistan oil sales to jump
London: Sources from the oil sector in the region said on Wednesday that Iraqi Kurdistan's sales of crude oil to…
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Yemen forced to import gas as domestic strife cuts supplies
Doha: Political instability is forcing Yemen to import LNG via Aden. The country is the world’s 16th largest seller of…
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Dubai on track for 450,000 cruise passengers by 2015
Dubai: Yesterday Dubai welcomed RCCL’s giant Mariner of the Seas cruiseship which was en route to Singapore and China. Following…
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Suez Canal sees revenues rising to $6bn
Cairo: The Suez Canal Authority is predicting revenues will increase by the end of this year to about $6bn on…
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Saudi navy takes the lead against piracy
Doha: Saudi naval forces have been coordinating with border guards and other stakeholders regarding information related to maritime piracy in…
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New Red Sea port mapped out
Cairo: Maj. Gen. Mohamed Abdel Kader Gaballah, head of the Red Sea Ports Authority, said that the new project of…
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Plans for congested Dammam
Doha: A new area to be created by reclamation has been designated for outbound cargo at the crowded Saudi port…
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Netanyahu takes aim at unions with private Med port plans
Cairo: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would issue a tender soon to build a privately run…
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Sharjah repair facility ready in early 2014
Dubai: A ship repair facility on Sharjah’s eastern seaboard will be up and running in early 2014. Initially the yard…
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Shipbreaking set for the UAE
Dubai: Abu Dhabi-based marine contractor Khamis Al Rumaithy is mulling an entry into green shipbreaking. "We are looking at a…
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