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.

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

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

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…

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

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.