Middle East

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World managed just a marginal 0.7% increase in global throughput in 2013, handling 55m teu across its facilities.

5th February 2014

DP World clings on to throughput growth

5th February 2014

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Middle East container trade rides the wave of increased regional spending. Mike Mundy reports

7th January 2014

Middle Eastern moves

7th January 2014

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal is poised to award the contract for civil works relating to the extension of its terminal.

24th December 2013

RSGT prepares for extension works

24th December 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Israeli transportation ministry has said that four operators are in the running to operate two new container terminals at Ashdod and Haifa in Israel.

19th December 2013

Israeli port tenders interest

19th December 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Marking a shift away from traditional Asia-Europe shipping lanes, trade routes in the southern hemisphere are fast becoming drivers of traffic for well placed ports.

11th December 2013

South-south trade shift to benefit ports

11th December 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Honesty is definitely the best policy but it’s not easy: “Trying to import equipment for a particular project we got tangled in huge customs delays,” says Peter Richards of Gulftainer.

15th November 2013

Saying no to the shortcut

15th November 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) US$140m berth expansion project has been completed and is now open for business, making Jordan a “key regional gateway and logistical hub”.

11th November 2013

New Jordan hub opens for business

11th November 2013

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MIDDLE EAST

Israels National Labour Court has ruled that the government has every right to continue with its plans to introduce two new privately operated ports in both Haifa and Ashdod.

21st October 2013

Israel port reform limps on

21st October 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Media speculation is rife that one of Europe’s largest operators is intending on bidding to build and operate two new terminals at the Israeli ports of Haifa and Ashdod.

16th October 2013

Israeli tender speculation mounts

16th October 2013

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MIDDLE EAST

Oil exports are still at a halt at the eastern Libyan port of Zueitina as protesters continue to campaign for jobs.

23rd July 2013

Libyan protestors halt exports

23rd July 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Over $260m is to be spent on an upgrade of Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Islamic Port to increase its capacity, according to Arab News.

30th April 2013

Jeddah invests in uprades

30th April 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Swiss technology expert, Cavotec, will be hitting the World Ports & Trade Summit in Abu Dhabi this week to demonstrate how its MoorMaster equipment helps support safe and efficient mooring operations and…

19th March 2013

Cavotec homes in on Middle East

19th March 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World handled 56.1m teu in 2012 – up 2.4% on the previous year, but it still faced a challenging second half, which forced the operator to change its short term strategy…

29th January 2013

DP World throughput up in 2012

29th January 2013

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MIDDLE EAST

The lure of excellent working conditions has led to applications from 3,000 jobseekers for just 45 stevedoring jobs at Israeli port of Ashdod.

28th January 2013

Flood of applicants for Ashdod stevedore jobs

28th January 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World is to restructure the way it makes investment in its Indian container terminals.

10th January 2013

DP World to restructure Indian investment

10th January 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Drydocks World and Maritime World has reduced its tariff rates for all aspects of business at its subsidiaries Dubai Maritime City (DMC) and Jadaf.

3rd January 2013

Maritime World reduces Dubai tariff rates

3rd January 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

It’s a time of flux in Oman with the government of the Sultanate overseeing nationwide developmental programmes both to ports and supporting infrastructure.

22nd November 2012

Muscat port concession extended

22nd November 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Arabia is planning to invest $914m in port development in the short term to cater for growing demand.

18th November 2012

Saudi Arabia spending spree

18th November 2012

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MIDDLE EAST

Authorities in Iraq have signed a $40m deal with a US consortium headed by North America Western Asia Holdings to modernise the port of Maqal, which is on the Shatt al-Arab waterway…

16th October 2012

Iraq to upgrade Maqal port

16th October 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Port of Duqm in Oman is to award construction contracts worth $285m divided into two packages.

27th September 2012

Duqm to award contracts worth $285m

27th September 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The new Egyptian Prime Minister, Hisham Qandil, has revealed that Qatar is to invest $8bn over the next five years to build a new harbour at the city of Port Said.

13th September 2012

Qatar to finance Port Said port

13th September 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Sweden’s ABB Turbocharging and Drydocks World Dubai have signed a cooperative agreement for a new dedicated service point for ABB turbochargers at the port facility.

13th September 2012

Dubai gets turbocharged

13th September 2012

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MIDDLE EAST

No fears of overcapacity in the burgeoning Middle East market, finds Felicity Landon

7th September 2012

No holds barred

7th September 2012