Middle East
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India allocates $100m to help develop Chabahar port
Dubai: India has allocated $100m to help develop the port of Chabahar in Iran, to improve trade with Afghanistan and…
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Cairo kicks off Suez expansion financing scheme
Cairo: Egypt will issue government certificates to finance the Suez Canal project on Monday. The project includes the development of…
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Drydocks World transfers fleet to Tasneef
Dubai: Emirates Classification Society (Tasneef) has signed a contract with Drydocks World that stipulates Tasneef will provide the classification and…
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Work to start on Qatar’s first self-built liftboat
Doha: Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) has selected ABS to class the first self-elevating unit ever to be built in…
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Doha New Port to start operations in two years
Doha: The first phase of the 26 sq km, QR27bn ($7.4bn) New Port Project is set to be operational by…
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New title covering marine lubricants debuts
Singapore: Today sees the launch of another magazine from the Asia Shipping Media stable, the third in three days. Maritime…
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Qatar’s LNG dominance under pressure: Wood Mackenzie
Kuala Lumpur : Consultants Wood Mackenzie reckon that by 2020, Malaysia has the potential to be the largest supplier of…
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Es Sider gears up for more oil exports
Cairo: Libya’s giant Waha oil field is back in operation. The eastern oil field can produce up to 160,000 barrels…
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Saudi Aramco to invest $40bn a year to maintain energy exports
Dubai: Saudi Aramco has announced plans to invest $40bn a year for the next ten years to maintain oil production…
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Top owners speak with Maritime CEO
Singapore: The latest issue of Maritime CEO magazine, a sister title to this site, goes live online today. On the…
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DP World takes control of second Belgian terminal
Dubai: DP World is to take full control of a planned container terminal at Liège Port in Belgium. The operator…
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Further protests against Zim ships
Los Angeles: More Zim containerships have been blocked from offloading cargo at ports across the US West Coast in protests…
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Omanoil Matrix Marine enhances bunker services at Sohar Port
Muscat: Omanoil Matrix Marine Services LLC (MXO) has enhanced its physical bunker delivery services at the Port of Sohar with…
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UASC: Size matters
Dubai: For at least five years now, the container sector has been in indifferent health. Several efforts have been made…
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Fuel storage depot under construction at Salalah
Muscat: A large new fuel storage facility will be built at Oman’s Salalah Port. The project, undertaken by Mina Petroleum,…
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Zim Piraeus finally leaves Oakland
Oakland: The hounded containership Zim Piraeus has left the Port of Oakland after days of protest from locals angered by…
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Zim Piraeus’s troubled US West Coast calls
Oakland: An Israeli-owned ship that was blocked by protesters for days from unloading cargo at the Port of Oakland left…
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Standard Chartered Private Equity buys into Topaz
Dubai: OSV player Topaz Energy and Marine has announced a $75 million new equity investment in the business from Standard…
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Qatargas delivers gas to new Chinese destination
Doha: Qatargas has delivered the first cargo of LNG to China National Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC)’s new Hainan LNG terminal. The…
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Egyptians can invest in new Suez channel
Cairo: Egyptian investors will be able to buy unlimited shares of investment certificates in the new Suez Canal channel, to…
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