Middle East

The world’s largest privately-owned and independent port operator Gulftainer recorded a strong performance in 2015, with an overall growth of 4% across its global portfolio.

AMP Terminals (APMT) and YBA Kanoo Holdings are planning an initial public offering (IPO) of Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port in early 2016.

APM Terminals (APMT) says further delays to the regional transportation hub of Jordan, Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), are expected following a “premature and illegal” strike last week.

Does excess Middle East port development mark an eye to the future, or too much too soon? Stevie Knight reports

New data suggests that Black Sea ports are continuing to increase their container volumes in 2013 – with the Russian terminals and Poti in Georgia benefitting most from market development.

UAE based Gulftainer is set to see volumes soar in 2013 as it continues to expand its global footprint, with Saudi Arabia being the main driving force.

UAE based port management and logistics company, Gulftainer, has acquired a 51% stake in Saudi Arabia’s Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO).

The head of Israels Anti-Trust Authority has written to both Haifa port and Ashdod port to ask them to meet him prior to them being accused of operating a container handling oligopoly.

During the World Port and Trade Summit 2013 this week, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to reduce road tariffs was signed between Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) and Agility Abu Dhabi, a…

Manager and operator of Abu Dhabi’s four main commercial ports, Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), has announced that it has reached an agreement with a consortium of shipping companies to start a direct…

Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) has signed a 30 year concession for Khalifa Port Container Terminal 1 and completed the strategic redirection of its container traffic from Mina Zayed to the port in…

Sharjah-based operator Gulftainer has won a 25 year concession for a new container terminal at the Port of Tripoli in Lebanon, following an intensive bidding process.

Aden Port Authority has begun talks with DP World with a view to cancelling the contract it has for operating the port. The cancellation is to be done amicably, with an international…

APM Terminals Bahrain is working with partners to set up a ‘seabridge’ feeder service which would link Khalifa Bin Salman Port with the Saudi industrial hub of Jubail, providing petrochemical companies with…