Middle East

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Dubai Ports International (DPI), has signed Memoranda of Understanding with the port authorities of Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. These agreements could later lead to possible management contracts or concessions for port operations…

1st January 2005

DPI signs MOUs with Gulf neighbours

1st January 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

In comparison, vessel loading and unloading added just US$6.8m to the overall cost of moving goods through the port. The report also emphasises that US$11.7m in bribes were required to smooth the…

1st December 2004

UAE TO BUILD NEW MOROCCAN PORT

1st December 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

In comparison, vessel loading and unloading added just US$6.8m to the overall cost of moving goods through the port. The report also emphasises that US$11.7m in bribes were required to smooth the…

1st December 2004

KPA INVITE TENDERS

1st December 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Work on phase 1 of the new development at Khorfakkan Container Terminal has commenced consisting of a 400 metre berth with alongside draught of 16 metres. The 120,000 sq metre storage area…

1st December 2004

KCT phase 1 underway in Sharjah

1st December 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Quite literally at time of going to press we learned that Dubai Ports International (DPI) has secured the global assets of CSX World Terminals for US$1.4billion. DPI was a late runner and…

1st December 2004

DPI Grabs CSXWT for US$1.4 billion

1st December 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Kuwaits KGL has been awarded a 21-year BOT contract to develop a new container terminal at the UAE port of Saqr, in Ras Al Khaimah.

1st October 2004

NEW EMIRATES BOX FACILITY

1st October 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Indias Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given the nod to Dubai Ports International (DPI) to take over management of the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT) at the port of Kochi (Cochin)…

1st October 2004

DPI looks to Vallarpadam

1st October 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Jeremy Brown reports that when current reforms and the easing of Customs restrictions are complete, the Saudi regulatory framework will be more supportive of port trade development and should allow ports to…

1st September 2004

COASTAL AND TRANSHIPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAUDI

1st September 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Many a port, both in the Middle East and elsewhere, seeks to emulate the success of Dubais Jebel Ali Free Zone. Already a base for 2,800 companies from more than 100 countries,…

1st September 2004

FREE ZONE FORMULA OR FRENZY?

1st September 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

War and security concerns, political and religious tensions - none of these things have dented the regions seemingly relentless trade surge with the principal transhipment hubs all showing remarkable throughput increases (see…

1st September 2004

DUBAI INC. DRIVES REGION FORWARD

1st September 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

As from the beginning of July, responsibility for ports in Iraq passed to the new Iraqi Port Authority (IPA) technically bringing an end to the fiveyear concessions awarded by the Coalition Provisional…

1st July 2004

Iraqis take over but SSA stays for time being

1st July 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Sharjah' s new ICD ( PS May 2004 ) has been designed to handle containers moving from Khorfakkan to the West Coast Terminal at Sharjah. According to operators Gulftainer, the ICD is…

1st June 2004

New ICD Emirates fourth port

1st June 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

There has been a boom in sea trade between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in the post-Saddam era, mostly using traditional dhows plying between Dubai Creek and ports such as Umm…

1st June 2004

UAE cements maritime ties with Iraq

1st June 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

In 2003, Israels national ports authority made an operating profit of $74.75m on revenues of $459.35m, down 2% over 2002. Following a $90.13m transfer of cash back to the state, the organisation…

1st June 2004

Israels Jubilee Port stays within state

1st June 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Al Amaya oil terminal in southern Iraq, which was effectively destroyed during the war with Iran, is currently exporting 400,000 barrels a day from two reopened berths.

1st May 2004

Iraq cranks up oil exports

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Egypts Ain Sokhna port will install transportation security equipment provided by the American Science and Engineering Inc.

1st May 2004

Sokhna gets new equipment

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

US authorities in Iraq have issued a new tender for the management and development of five ports; an earlier tender had to be withdrawn since it proved to be insufficiently comprehensive to…

1st May 2004

Iraqi five-port tender delayed

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST 1st May 2004

New inland terminal in Sharjah

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Vopak-Horizon Fujairah Limited, (VHFL), a joint venture between Hollands VOPAK and Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), has struck a joint venture with Egypts Sokhna…

1st May 2004

Sokhna development on track

1st May 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Lebanon' s second port of Tripoli reports a boom in vehicle imports thanks to resumed trade with Iraq. Over the past year new vehicle imports have averaged 7,000 a month, an increase…

1st April 2004

Tripoli in Iraqi car boom

1st April 2004