The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announces that in connection with the fleet replacement program for the general cargo, the Company has sold on Saturday 23rd March 2013 its general cargo vessel (Saudi Diriyah) for scrapping after completing her useful life for a sum of SAR. 30,2
ARCADIS has won a contract with Aqaba Development Corporation in Jordan for providing construction management services and design reviews for their “Aqaba New Port Project”. ARCADIS works in a joint venture with the local company Dar Al Handasah. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) and several government agencies that will pave the way for the introduction of a new information and documentation system at all its ports. The MoU, signed on the
Stringent measures to reduce shipping’s impact on the environment need to also be economically sustainable, warns the Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). Speaking at this week’s Connecticut Maritime Association event in USA, Mr Masamichi Morooka told delegates: “In a truly diffi
Continuing civil unrest in Egypt, particularly around Port Said, highlights Europe’s dependence on the Suez Canal remaining open, according to Drewry’s new online product Container Insight Weekly. According to Drewry’s ‘what if’ calculations, were the Suez Canal to close tomorrow, Europe’s supply ch
As the Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) prepares to host the World Ports & Trade Summit at the Saadiyat St Regis Resort, ADPC looks back to one of its most significant milestones this year when it welcomed the arrival of the world’s largest and most expensive ocean liner to the capital. In the early h
On the sidelines of the World Port and Trade Summit 2013, Abu Dhabi Ports Company ( ADPC ) has announced that a new Abu Dhabi-based port project is underway, with the development of Shahama Port into a commercial, leisure and tourism hub. ADPC stated that it will develop the Shahama water basin and
Government ministers and industry game-changers convene in Abu Dhabi as Middle East maritime infrastructure growth meets economic opportunity to create a new seaborne trade superpower. The third annual edition of the World Ports & Trade Summit opens today (Tuesday 19th March) as global ports, key in
The Head of the Safety Department of Bandar Abbas port has said that this decrease in port incidents is due to the measures undertaken by his office such as casting analytical approach to the port incidents with a view to identify the risk factors and devising a sound solution to minimize them in op
After agreeing to expand the successful G6 Alliance to the Trans-Pacific trade earlier this year, the six member lines announced today the port rotations of their new comprehensive and competitive service portfolio. The new expanded cooperation will start in May with six coordinated services in the
Over 30 of the industry’s regional and international maritime industry leaders and experts will convene in Abu Dhabi from 19-20 March 2013 for the high profile two-day summit event that will take an in-depth look at the promotion of trade development, supply chain management and port efficiency in t
As the ports sector strives to make further improvements to safety standards, operational efficiency and environmental performance, the benefits offered by Cavotec’s automated mooring technology, MoorMaster, are becoming increasingly apparent to port operators and shipping lines across the Middle Ea
DNV published Shipping 2020 last year to communicate the results of a comprehensive simulation modelling exercise covering the world fleet up to 2020. Based on fuel prices, technology costs and specific shipowner characteristics, the model explores the technologies with the highest net present value
DOF Subsea Group has entered into an agreement where the 1978 built D2 multipurpose construction support vessel Geobay is sold to a Middle East buyer. The selling price is slightly above book value of the vessel. The sale is expected to be completed after the ongoing project utilizing the vessel is
