Middle East

Israel' s State Comptroller is investigating reports of nepotism at Ashdod Port Company Limited. Of concern is the fact that most employees being hired already have family members working for the company.…

Tanzania Port Authority is to go ahead with the privatisation of operations at the Dar es Salaam’ s general cargo terminal. An outside operator is expected to be in place by June. 

Dredging company Royal Boskalis has secured a contract for the construction of an export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Soyo, Angola.The contract, worth $390m, involves creating new land at sea as…

Abu Dhabi is planning a second port in the industrial township of Musaffah to handle some 5m-9m tonnes per annum.

International consultant BMT has stepped up its commitments in Abu Dhabi, assisting with a concession for Mina Zayed Port and completing a business plan for a major new offshore port development near…

Despite having signed contract agreements to the contrary, employees at Israels port of Ashdod have come out on strike twice so far this year.

The Banten, northwest Java port is being developed as an alternative to Tanjung Priok restricted by the Indonesian capital surrounding it. According to the Israel Ports Development & Assets Co, a private…

MSC has reportedly chosen the port of Beirut as its transhipment hub for the Eastern Mediterranean.

Nine companies had submitted bids by the October deadline for the contract to manage both Mina Salman and Mina Khalifa ports in Bahrain. The latter is still under construction although should be…

Kuwait Port Authority (KPA) is to modernise its container terminals at Shuweikh and Shuwaiba and Gulftainer has been appointed its official consultant. It is the intention to construct a 1200 metre long…

ICTSI, CMA CGM and International Maritime Associates of the US have been shortlisted for the 10-year contract to operate Beiruts $150m container terminal, three years after Dubai Ports Authority pulled out. The…

Beirut port authority was due to issue a tender seeking an operator for its new container terminal. The document which has been prepared by US consultants the Cornell Group, envisages a 10-year…

Applications totalling over $987m had been submitted by ports across the country seeking funding assistance in order to comply with new U.S.Aqaba Ports Corporation has acquired two MHCs from Germany to enable…