Middle East

Regional giant Saudi Arabia lacks modern port capacity for a country of its size, location and wealth.

The focus of Middle East port development has shifted from transhipment capacity to addressing specific domestic bottlenecks. Karen Thomas reports

DP World’s Jebel Ali port is to boost capacity by 1m teu through a 400 metre quay extension in time for a 2012 opening.

A group of Iraqis are to hold weekly demonstrations on the border with Kuwait in protest against the construction of the Mubarak port on Boubyan island. The security services will be deployed…

The European Union is expected to lift sanctions against Libyas ports today, and operations are looking at getting back to normal as quickly as possible.

A stronger operating environment pushed DP Worlds first-half profits up four-fold, but second half uncertainty could disrupt the profits party, the group cautioned on Thursday.