Middle East

The threat of overcapacity in Turkey continues to hang over the sector, as operators rush to meet the changing demands of shipping lines.

Sohar’s Freezone chief executive, Jamal Aziz, says that the port will become an even more important contributor to the Omani economy as Dubai cargo costs continue to rise.

The development of a new port in the Haifa Bay area of Israel has been questioned by the head of a new Knesset subcommittee tasked with looking at the environmental and planning…

Russia’s Volga Group has acquired a 50% stake in Sukhodol LLC – the company which is constructing the new bulk terminal at Sukhodol Bay in Russia’s Primorsk territory.

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

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