Middle East
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Aqaba truckers strike risks energy shortages in Jordan
Dubai: Truck owners working in transferring imported crude oil from Aqaba to the Jordanian Petroleum Refinery in Zarqa continued their…
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ADNATCO braves rough times, continues to add to fleet
Dubai: Dr Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni, ceo of ADNATCO and NGSCO, emphasised in a speech in a Fujairah forum on bunkering…
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Saudi Aramco ‘committed’ to China refinery plans
Beijing: The ceo of Saudi Aramco, the largest oil producer in the world, Khalid al-Falih, said on Tuesday that the…
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Strike at Aqaba continues
Dubai: The strike by truck owners who shift oil from the port of Aqaba to an oil refinery in Zarqa…
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Bluesea Shipping Lines connecting Riyadh
Doha: Bluesea Shipping Lines is now serving the Saudi capital of Riyadh. The project shipper maintains its new destination is…
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Speed up Jazan development, Saudi king urges
Doha: King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has told the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to give Saudi Aramco all…
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N-KOM celebrates American Petroleum Institute certification
Doha: Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) recently hosted a visit by officials from the American Petroleum Institute (API) at its…
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Bahri’s fleet renewal continues
Doha: The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has sold its general cargo vessel, Saudi Diriyah, for scrapping for…
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As Syria stagnates, volumes grow in Beirut
Cairo: Beirut is gaining plenty of port traffic as the civil war in Syria drags on. Syria’s Port of Latakia…
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Giant Saudi repair yard slated
Doha: Saudi Aramco plans to enter a ship repair project in Jazan worth up to $4bn. Located in the…
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Plans for Suez Canal economic corridor progress
Cairo: The government has created a bill to develop the Suez Canal corridor. It will be referred to the…
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Arcadis selected for Aqaba port development
Dubai: Arcadis, an engineering and consultancy firm, has won a contract with Aqaba Development Corporation in Jordan to provide construction…
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Bahrain cruise figures pick up
Dubai: Bahrain is seeing a notable windfall from more and more cruiseship calls. Around $11m has entered the country’s…
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AGODCO focuses on LPG investments
Abu Dhabi: On its launch day GulfShip News catches up with the ceo of a company raising $100m to invest…
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Army clears out protesters at Port Tawfik
Cairo: The army were called in yesterday to clear out a mass protest by young unemployed men who had…
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ADPC keen to invest overseas
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has plans to take a leaf out of neighbour DP World and…
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DP World profit hits $749m
Dubai: DP World managed a profit of $749m in 2012, up 10% year-on-year, following what chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem…
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Abu Dhabi gets new marine services firm
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC has launched a subsidiary for shipping into the emirate – ADPC Marine Services.…
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Protests hamper another Egyptian port
Cairo: Young unemployed men in Suez closed on Monday the main gate of the Bou Tawfiq Port in a protest…
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Livestock traders hit out at massive port bills
Dubai: Livestock traders in the Kingdom of Bahrain have hit out at the escalating fees forced upon them by ports…
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