Middle East – Page 24
-
NewsJebel Ali slashes congestion times
Delays at DP World''s flagship Jebel Ali facility in Dubai have been cut from as long as a week to less than a day following the introduction of higher storage charges.
-
News
Port Said to undertake serious development
Port Said on the Suez Canal could receive investment of $5.42bn to expand existing facilities. By 2015, the Port will be handling more than 50m containers.
-
News
Tanger-Med II gets development cash
Tanger-Med Port is to receive a loan of $180m from Tangier Mediterranean Special Agency and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.
-
News
Jeddah expansion under way
Saudi Seaports Authority has started a $140m development programme centred on Jeddah Islamic Port, which aims to reduce congestion brought about by increased throughput.
-
NewsShips for the desert
The Middle East is known for both areas of political volatility and large infrastructure projects, and both are combining to motivate one development that would be the mother of them all - a giant canal across the desert that could handle both oil tankers and freight ships.
-
News
Bahrain to open in January
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 Bahrain Logistics Zone.
-
NewsAiming upward
Kuwait also has its possibilities - and its problems. Easily one of the richest nations on earth, Kuwait collapsed as the region''s premier trade hub in the 1970s after the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, and Iraq''s 1990 invasion.
-
NewsConstruction pushes ports
Ports of the United Arab Emirates are engaged in a flurry of activities to upgrade equipment and facilities on the back of an economic boom which has seen ports clogged up with both domestic products and construction materials.
-
NewsStill burning bright?
Can the Middle East maintain its grip on financial stability while all around lose theirs? Stevie Knight investigates
-
News
Investment plan in Saudi
Saudi Seaports Authority is to implement a $143m capacity enhancement programme. The main focus of attention will be at Jeddah Islamic Port, where money will be spent on boosting productivity.
-
News
Qatar box terminal boost
Qatar is to build a new container terminal on a 1.08m sq m site at Kovalam. It will have a capacity to handle 5.3m teu when all three phases have been completed. Draft will be 20 metres.
-
News
Salalah attracts 10
A total of 10 companies have bid for the contract to design and supervise the expansion of Salalah Port in Oman. Halcrow, Consulting Engineering Services, Dar al Handasah, Khatib & Alami, Jurong International Consulting, Korea Port Engineering Corporation, Sakoo Consulting Engineers, Cowi & Partners, Conser & Partners and Selhorn have ...
-
News
Big loan for Fujairah
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 handling facilities aimed at attracting larger vessels.
-
NewsIsraeli courts order strikers back to work
Striking Israeli port unions are the subject of legal action being taken by the Manufacturers'' Association and the Chambers of Commerce, who claim that strike action is in contempt of court.
-
NewsICTSI bags Brunei concession
Philippine port darling International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has won its tender to build and operate a container terminal in Brunei, according to local reports.
-
NewsBeirut News Story
The Port of Beirut is actively pursuing an expansion of its container facilities in order to accommodate surging new traffic volumes from CMA-CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), two major container lines that use Beirut as a transhipment hub.
-
News
Kuwait draught is a concern
Kuwait Ports Authority has advised the government that access channels to existing port facilities be extensively dredged, since currently these offer a draft of no more than 8.5 metres. Neither Shuwaikh nor Shuaiba ports can accommodate very large containerships.
-
News
Basra port reopens
Basra''s Al-Maaqal port has re-entered service following four months of renovation work. All equipment has been upgraded and quays renovated.
-
NewsIsraelis dockers strike over legal changes
Israeli port unions are in a bitter dispute with the government over its plans to privatise port infrastructure.
-
News
Oman doubles Duqm funds
The government of Oman has doubled investment for the Duqm Port and Dry Dock project to $1.81bn to boost the overall capacity and size, therefore making it suitable for very large bulk tankers to be accommodated.
