Middle East

Abu Dhabi Ports subsidiary Maqta Gateway and Abu Dhabi Global Market have partnered to launch a creative platform for FinTech innovator firms to develop and test new solutions.

Plans to construct a port on Eritrea’s Red Sea coastline indicate Eritrea’s re-emergence as a possible investor destination following the end of two decades of political tensions between the nation and Ethiopia.

Iran’s Ports & Maritime Organization (PMO) will inaugurate 23 development projects in the country’s ports during the Government Week (23–29 August), Islamic Republic News Agency has reported.

The US withdrawal from the JCPOA (nuclear) agreement will mean the re-entry of direct sanctions against Iran’s port operators alongside those aimed at South Shipping and IRISL lines, according to UK P&I…

Abu Dhabi Ports has signed a 30-year concession agreement with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company to establish a new container terminal at Khalifa Port, UAE.

Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) is currently operating at 45% of its capacity.

A report by transport research and analysis company Transport Intelligence (Ti) has claimed that the Middle East Gulf region could suffer from substantial overcapacity of container terminal infrastructure if all planned projects…