Middle East

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MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Aramco has selected Chelsea Technologies to deliver benchmark testing for ballast water standards compliance after the company announced that all ships calling at its ports and terminals must provide samples of…

6th September 2017

Saudi Aramco moves on ballast water requirements

6th September 2017

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MIDDLE EAST

Oman, rather than the UAE, is benefitting from the Middle East economic blockade of Qatar, Qatar’s Hamad Port has indicated.

10th July 2017

Qatar boycott benefits Omans ports

10th July 2017

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MIDDLE EAST

A 35-year agreement will see UAE’s Abu Dhabi Ports develop port infrastructure and manage operations at the Port of Fujairah.

27th June 2017

Port of Fujairah expansion

27th June 2017

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MIDDLE EAST

Hutchison Ports’ managing director for the Middle East and Africa region has spoken out about the importance of the Chinese governmental initiative One Belt, One Road to the company’s growth strategy.

19th June 2017

MEA key to Hutchison Ports’ growth strategy

19th June 2017

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MIDDLE EAST

Container trade in Qatar faces a substantial fallout from continued economic blockades imposed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other Gulf Arab states, port experts have said.

8th June 2017

Qatar ports feel strain of political boycott

8th June 2017

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MIDDLE EAST

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Roy van Eijsden examines the investment potential of a post sanctions Iran

3rd April 2017

Diamond in the rough

3rd April 2017

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MIDDLE EAST

DP World announced throughput growth of 3.2% and profit growth of 29.9% in 2016, maintaining a “flexibility to capitalise” on growth opportunities in the sector.

20th March 2017

DP World enjoys 29.9% profit growth

20th March 2017

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MIDDLE EAST

DP World says that volumes in the UAE are ‘stabilising’ as it reports handling 3.7 million teu in the region during the fourth quarter of 2016, marginally down by 0.7% year-on-year.

7th February 2017

DP World UAE volumes stabilise

7th February 2017

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MIDDLE EAST

Mwani Qatar and Milaha have a signed an agreement to establish a new company, QTerminals, to manage Hamad Port.

1st December 2016

Qatar joint venture to operate Hamad

1st December 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

The Iranian roads minister has said that a German company has won a tender to develop the country’s Shahid Rajaee Port.

3rd November 2016

German expertise in Iran

3rd November 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

Iran’s minister of roads and urban development Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi and minister of infrastructure and the environment of the Netherlands Schultz van Haegen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for bilateral…

25th October 2016

Iran, Netherlands sign MoU for port co-operation

25th October 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (CPSL SPV) has entered into a concession agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports Company to operate the new Khalifa Port Container Terminal 2.

3rd October 2016

COSCO inks Khalifa concession

3rd October 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

Abu Dhabi Ports has announced a major expansion plan in Khalifa Port, which will add 1000m of quay wall to the port and deepen its main channel and basin to 18m from…

31st August 2016

Expansion plan for Khalifa Port

31st August 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

DP World will slow down expansion of its Jebel Ali port due to “softer market conditions” amid a bleak global trade outlook.

25th August 2016

DP World slows down Jebel Ali expansion

25th August 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

DP World has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-based Hyperloop One to explore the value of using innovative Hyperloop systems to move cargo around between its ports.

16th August 2016

A revolutionary new way of moving boxes

16th August 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

Members of the Israel food industry have gathered at a meeting of the Maritime Traders Association to warm of soaring food prices, according to the Jerusalem Post.

28th July 2016

Israeli ports beset by problems

28th July 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

It seems that there may be new investment opportunities on the table for local and foreign companies at Al-Faw Port in Basra.

28th July 2016

Investment opportunities at Faw

28th July 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

DP World group chairman and chief executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem rang the market-opening bell on June 27, to celebrate the listing of $1.2bn Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai.

27th June 2016

DP World lists $1.2bn Sukuk

27th June 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

Israel’s transport minister, Yisrael Katz, has proposed the construction of an artificial island off the coast of Gaza, according to the Times of Israel.

22nd June 2016

Israel proposes offshore port

22nd June 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

DP World Group chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem met with the Prime Minster of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, at the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai.

15th April 2016

DP World and Georgia discuss economic cooperation

15th April 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

DP World has signed two major contacts for civil construction work at its new Container Terminal 4 in Jebel Ali Port.

25th February 2016

DP World signs new construction contract

25th February 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

DP World Ltd has announced growth of 3% in 2015 driven largely by European and UAE terminals.

9th February 2016

Europe and UAE drive DP World growth

9th February 2016

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MIDDLE EAST

SOHAR Port and Freezone has announced its best throughput figures to date, having handled an average of 1m tons per week in 2015.

26th January 2016

SOHAR celebrates record throughput

26th January 2016