Middle East
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AD Ports buys Spanish terminal from APM Terminals
AD Ports via Noatum Terminals, the terminals operations business of Noatum Group, has acquired 100% ownership of APM Terminals Castellón…
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Gulf Navigation buys Turkish Polimar out of agency partnership
Gulf Navigation of Dubai has bought out its partner in maritime agency services specialist Gulf Navigation Polimar Maritime. GulFnav has…
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Oman’s Asyad fixes LNG carriers
Asyad Shipping, a subsidiary of Oman’s Asyad Group has struck a deal with Oman LNG for a long-term charter of…
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Red Sea impasse remains despite creation of international naval coalition
The global shipping industry has welcomed news of a US-led naval coalition to ease tensions in the Red Sea, but…
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US to lead naval escort operation in the Red Sea
The US is deploying naval assets to the Red Sea as trade between Asia and Europe slows following multiple attacks…
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Red Sea traffic comes to a halt for many seeking naval assistance
Shipping is in crisis with its two most famous canals crippled, one by the climate crisis and the other by…
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Red Sea latest: Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd ships attacked, Navibulgar bulk carrier boarded
It has been another perilous 24 hours for vessels transiting the Red Sea with two boxships attacked and one bulk…
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Urgent talks underway to ensure safety in the Red Sea
Urgent diplomatic discussions are going on around the world to ensure the chaotic scenes recorded in the southern Red Sea…
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Nakilat-Keppel O&M rebrands as Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions
Qatar’s shipping repairs and offshore construction facility, Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) is rebranding itself into Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions…
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Ships shot at in the Red Sea
Ships were shot at while passing near Yemen today in the latest acts terrorising seafarers transiting the Red Sea, a…
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Scorpio Services and Gulf Navigation launch shipmanagement venture in Dubai
Lolli-Ghetti family-controlled Scorpio Services Holding (SSH), part of the Monaco-based Scorpio Group, has established a shipmanagement joint venture with Gulf…
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Tristar orders electric hybrid bunker vessel
Dubai’s Tristar Group has placed an order with Turkey’s Akdeniz Shipyard to build an electric hybrid bunker barge for the…
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AD Ports and Masdar eye hydrogen hub in KEZAD
Abu Dhabi’s ports and logistics giant AD Ports Group and clean energy developer Masdar have joined forces to explore the…
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Houthis fire cruise missile at Norwegian chemical tanker
A Norwegian-owned chemical tanker was struck by a cruise missile yesterday while passing through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. US Central Command…
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Houthis widen ship targets
It has been another weekend of heightened fear for seafarers transiting the Red Sea. On Saturday, Yemen’s Houthi movement said…
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Shelf Drilling awarded $73m rig contract in Vietnam
Oslo-listed jackup rig pure-play Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Perseverance with PetroVietnam Domestic Exploration Production…
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US focuses on reducing Houthi threat in the Red Sea
As well as discussing the idea of a naval coalition with allies, the US is looking to turn the cash…
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Masdar and Iberdrola forge $16bn offshore wind, green hydrogen alliance
Abu Dhabi’s Masdar and Spanish utility Iberdrola have inked a €15bn ($16.2bn) strategic partnership agreement to evaluate the joint development…
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MOL forms carbon capture and storage partnership in Bahrain
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines has teamed up with Bahrain’s Bapco Energies to develop a cross-border carbon capture and storage…
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US discusses Red Sea naval escorts with allies
The US is in discussions with allies to create a naval task force to chaperone merchant ships through the Red…
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