Middle East

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.…

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…

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…

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…

The port of Umm Qasr, which is the entry point for 80% of Iraqi imports, is said to have doubled traffic following a government crackdown on militia activity in Basra province earlier…

Trade union representatives of Israeli port workers have suggested that the government could put together a sweetheart stock deal for its members as part of the planned privatisation of Haifa and Ashdod,…

DP World and Aden Port Corporation (ACT) have signed a joint venture agreement allowing the former to operate container handling facilities at both Aden Container Terminal and Maalla Container Terminal.

Transas Middle East is to install and commission a Vessel Traffic Management Information System at the new Bahrain port of Khalifa, which is slated to become a regional transhipment hub. The software…

Omans Port of Salalah is to invest $112m on supplying new handling equipment for recently commissioned berths, which will boost capacity from 4.5m teu to 6m teu.

Overall, in the first quarter, ports in Saudi Arabia handled a combined 36.1m tonnes, 9.94% up on the previous year.

A tariff reform being considered for Israeli ports could save up to $290m over the next 10 years. In addition, port users willing to undertake operations outside normal daytime shifts will receive…

DP World is to ask its shareholders for approval to buy back 581m of its shares. At the same time, it is considering issuing securities totalling $553m, equivalent to one third of…

After having awarded contracts worth $952m to build the initial phase of Khalifa Port, the government of Abu Dhabi has announced its intention to issue a new round of tenders covering additional…

Developer Emaar EC and DP World have signed an agreement to build and manage a new port in Saudi Arabia at King Abdullah Economic City.