Middle East

Shipping line APL and Omans Port of Salalah have joined forces to operate a new two-berth container terminal.

Volumes at Gulftainers terminals in the United Arab Emirates - Khorfakkan Container Terminal and Sharjah Container Terminal - grew by over 15% in 2008, reaching 2.5m teu.

APM Terminals Bahrain Gateway facility at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Hidd is slated to open at the end of this year or in early January. The port will service the adjacent…

Fujairah Port has been granted a $245m syndicated loan arranged by the National Bank of Fujairah and the Commercial Bank of Dubai. Some of the money will be used to expand container…

Basras Al-Maaqal port has re-entered service following four months of renovation work. All equipment has been upgraded and quays renovated.

APM Terminals in partnership with Moroccos Akwa Group has been awarded the concession to operate Terminal 3 at Tanger-Med II, which has a capacity of 3m teu.

Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Ottari of Syria has officially inaugurated the Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT), Syrias newest international trading gateway nearest to the countrys capital Damascus. The terminal is ready for…

CVRD is to invest $1bn in Oman in the construction of an iron ore pelletisation plant and distribution centre at the Port of Sohar, which is also collaborating financially on the project.…

The government of Jordan has given the go-ahead for a $5bn relocation and upgrading of the Red Sea port of Aqaba and general development of the surrounding area.

APM Terminals is to cede to DP World the 20% stake it holds in Qasim International Container Terminal. DP World is already the majority shareholder at QICT.

Bahrains new Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman container port is expected to at least triple box traffic in the country within five years of commencing operations. It will replace Mina Salman as the…

United Arab Emirates-based terminal operator Gulftainer is currently negotiating with authorities in both Turkey and India with a view to assuming managerial responsibilities of maritime assets. Both container and general cargo traffic…

Haifa Port Company Ltd commenced 24-hour working as from February, effectively doubling the amount of time the terminal is open. The pilot programme is aimed at reducing congestion, with up to 300…

TheEgyptian port of Damietta is to invest $680m to improve existinginstallations and construct new quays to boost capacity to 4.5m teu.

Israel Ports Development & Assets Co Ltd has published a tender worth $40m for the design of new port infrastructure.

Two Egyptian construction companies, Arab Contractors and Archirodon, have been awarded a $240m contract to build 2.3 km of berthing line at a new container terminal at the port of Damietta.