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.…