Middle East

Digitalisation is one of the key foundational stones for the reconstruction and modernisation of the Port of Beirut operations, a new report has found.

A Middle East container terminal will be the first in the region to implement an autonomous port truck system.

Iran’s ports were the recent target of a foiled cyberattack, according to the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran.

Who is responsible for the horrific Beirut Port blast will be formally decided in due course but already it is clear that a patchwork of mismanagement and complacency underpins this catastrophic event,…

The Port of Beirut is still reeling from the impact of the ammonium nitrate explosions on 4 August as it becomes clear that establishing the ownership of the chemicals is no easy…

A new Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement has been signed for the first and second container terminals in King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Abu Dhabi Ports has announced a vessel automation project that will help increase operational efficiency and safety while furthering its digitalisation and smart port goals.

Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) operator APM Terminals Bahrain’s BHD 11.8m decision to make an initial public offering (IPO) of 18,000,000 of its shares is a timely money making and investment opportunity,…

Intensification of fighting around Hodeidah in Yemen is choking the port which the aid operation and the commercial markets depend on, a UN relief chief has stated.

Greater collaboration in the maritime industry could turn challenges into opportunities, the group chief executive officer of Gulftainer has said.

Airstrikes on the Houthi rebel-held port city of Hodeidah in Yemen are escalating the risk of food and humanitarian supplies from the port being cut off, a UN boss has warned.

Workers at Haifa and Ashdod ports have agreed to end a strike beginning 10 May which resulted in labour shortages and an ignored court order.

The operator of Bahrain’s Khalifa bin Salman Port (KBSP) has said it intends to launch an initial public offer (IPO) for the facility by the end of 2018.

Money’s getting tighter for oil dependant Middle East ports finds Stevie Knight