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TMS Tanker Conference 2018 - more top speakers confirmed

The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference is taking place in Dubai on 16th October 2018 at the Atlantis, the Palm, Dubai. Preparations are ...

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King Abdullah Port container throughput accelerates again

Container volumes moving through King Abdullah Port on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast show no signs of slowing down. Indeed performance over ...

Read MoreJune 14, 2018

ODC announced plans to enter shipbuilding market

Oman Drydock Company (ODC)’s recently appointed chief executive officer, Said bin Homoud Al Mawali, has announced that the Duqm-based shipyard plans to ...

Read MoreJune 14, 2018

Gulftainer breaks Sharjah productivity record

Gulftainer, which operates Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) in the UAE, recently achieved a new productivity record at the Port Khalid facility. The ...

Read MoreJune 14, 2018

Abu Dhabi Ports launches blockchain technology

Maqta Gateway, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, has launched Silsal, its own blockchain technology solution. The aim is to provide seamless ...

Read MoreJune 14, 2018

TMS Tanker Conference 2018 - more top speakers confirmed

King Abdullah Port container throughput accelerates again

ODC announced plans to enter shipbuilding market

Gulftainer breaks Sharjah productivity record

Abu Dhabi Ports launches blockchain technology

TMS Tanker Conference 2018 - more top speakers confirmed

The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference is taking place in Dubai on 16th October 2018 at the Atlantis, the ...

Rayan Qutub, chief executive of King Abdullah Port

King Abdullah Port container throughput accelerates again

Container volumes moving through King Abdullah Port on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast show no signs of slowing ...

Oman Drydock Company (ODC)’s chief executive officer, Said bin Homoud Al Mawali

ODC announced plans to enter shipbuilding market

Oman Drydock Company (ODC)’s recently appointed chief executive officer, Said bin Homoud Al Mawali, has announced that the ...

Gulftainer’s SCT, which recently set an impressive new productivity record

Gulftainer breaks Sharjah productivity record

Gulftainer, which operates Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) in the UAE, recently achieved a new productivity record at the ...

Dr. Noura Al Dhaheri, chief executive of Maqta Gateway

Abu Dhabi Ports launches blockchain technology

Maqta Gateway, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, has launched Silsal, its own blockchain technology solution. The aim ...

Latest Maritime News and Updates

RAK Ports’ new tug will support bulk carriers calling at Saqr Port

Saqr Port tug launched by Albw...

Saqr Port tug launche...

June 14, 2018

A new tug for Saqr Port, part of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Ports, has been launched at the Albwardy Damen...

A new tug for Saqr Port, part of ...

ASRY has recently retrofitted a BWTS on an AMPTC VLCC

AMPTC contracts with ASRY for ...

AMPTC contracts with ...

June 14, 2018

ASRY, the Bahrain-based maritime repair and fabrication facility, has signed an agreement with Egypt...

ASRY, the Bahrain-based maritime ...

Thrasos Tsangarides, group chief executive

Cooperation deals take shiprep...

Cooperation deals tak...

June 14, 2018

The UMAR / WSR group of companies is to expand its operations into the Middle East, as well as Singa...

The UMAR / WSR group of companies...

Kandla Port will be the site of an important new fertilizer handling facility

Bulk terminal investment for K...

Bulk terminal investm...

June 14, 2018

Deendayal Port in Kandla is to have an exclusive, mechanised facility for handling fertilizer cargo....

Deendayal Port in Kandla is to ha...

Mitsubishi will lead a consortium carrying out port rehabilitation works in Umm Qasr

Mitsubishi wins Iraq port cont...

Mitsubishi wins Iraq ...

June 14, 2018

Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation has been awarded a US$110 million contract to construct port faciliti...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation ...

The Theseus was offloaded at Colombo having been hit by a severe storm en route to the port

CICT helps stricken containers...

CICT helps stricken c...

June 14, 2018

A container vessel that sustained damage in tropical storm Sagar in the Gulf of Aden, nearly 2000 na...

A container vessel that sustained...

WISTA Sri Lanka committee members coordinated the latest Careers Day in Colombo Port

WISTA event in Colombo promote...

WISTA event in Colomb...

June 14, 2018

WISTA’s Sri Lanka Careers Day 2018 program, organised by Women's International Shipping & Tradin...

WISTA’s Sri Lanka Careers Day 2...

APM Terminals Bahrain prepares...

APM Terminals Bahrain...

June 3, 2018

Khalifa Bin Salman Port operator APM Terminals has appointed SICO BSC, a prominent Bahraini investme...

Khalifa Bin Salman Port operator ...

(from left to right) Clive Woodbridge, The Maritime Standard; Ralph Becker, DNV GL; Dr. Ruanthi De Silva; SCM Plus (Pvt) Ltd; Waleed Al Tamimi; Emirates Classification (TASNEEF); Tarik Al Junaidi; Oman Shipping Company; Roger Harfouch, Marlink; Abdullah Bin Damithan, DP World; Chris Peters, Emirates Ship Investment Company; H.E. Sheikh Talal Al Khaled Al Sabah, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, Ali Shehab, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company; Phillip Tinsley, BIMCO; Gaurav Moolwaney, Standard Chartered; Trevor Pereira, The Maritime Standard; Lakshmi Janarthanan, Drydocks World

Top line speakers lined up for...

Top line speakers lin...

June 3, 2018

The third annual The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference will take place on Tuesday, 16th October at...

The third annual The Maritime Sta...

Tristar’s new Abu Dhabi logistics facility

Tristar opens new transport an...

Tristar opens new tra...

June 3, 2018

The Tristar Group has opened two new facilities aimed at enhancing its integrated logistics services...

The Tristar Group has opened two ...

Operations at ADT in Khalifa Port will benefit from the upgrade to the Navis N4 3.4 system

Abu Dhabi Terminals prepares f...

Abu Dhabi Terminals p...

June 3, 2018

Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) has successfully upgraded to the Navis N4 3.4 terminal operating system (T...

Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) has suc...

The acquisition of two tankers has helped boost Gulf Navigation’s turnover and profitability in the first quarter of 2018

Profits up at Gulf Navigation

Profits up at Gulf Na...

June 3, 2018

Dubai-headquartered shipping company Gulf Navigation has reported a 5% increase in gross profits for...

Dubai-headquartered shipping comp...

Executives from NOGA and Smit Lamnalco attending the contract signing ceremony

Smit Lamnalco wins Bahrain con...

Smit Lamnalco wins Ba...

June 3, 2018

The National Oil & Gas Authority of Bahrain (NOGA) has awarded a contract to Smit Lamnalco for t...

The National Oil & Gas Author...

DP World Sokhna chief executive, Ajayy Singh, presenting a commemorative plaque to YML managing director Brian Tzeng

Sokhna benefits from Alliance ...

Sokhna benefits from ...

June 3, 2018

Egyptian container terminal operator DP World Sokhna has welcomed its first vessel from container sh...

Egyptian container terminal opera...

RAK Ports signs tourism develo...

RAK Ports signs touri...

June 3, 2018

The emirate of Ras Al Khaimah is keen to raise its profile as a tourism destination and RAK Ports is...

The emirate of Ras Al Khaimah is ...

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The captain of the MOL Garland receiving a plaque to mark its maiden call into ACT

Aqaba welcomes new liner shipp...

Aqaba welcomes new li...

June 3, 2018

Murjan 2, one of four new tugs delivered to Star Marine for operation in the port of Rabigh

Saudi operator takes delivery ...

Saudi operator takes ...

June 3, 2018

Salalah port operations have been badly disrupted by cyclone Mekunu

Salalah port hit hard by cyclo...

Salalah port hit hard...

June 3, 2018

Container traffic has increased by over 20% this year at Colombo port

Strong growth for Colombo

Strong growth for Col...

June 3, 2018

The aggregates terminal agreement was formalised between Sohar Port and Marafi on May 23rd at the Sohar Port and Freezone branch office in Muscat. Sohar Port chief executive, Mark Geilenkirchen, signed the agreement along with Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al Abri representing Marafi Sohar

New aggregates terminal for So...

New aggregates termin...

June 3, 2018

Diego Aponte of MSC and Captain Mohamed Al Shamisi of ADP signing the new 30-year concession agreement

MSC chooses Abu Dhabi as Middl...

MSC chooses Abu Dhabi...

May 15, 2018

Nominations open for TMS Award...

Nominations open for ...

May 15, 2018

(from left to right) Clive Woodbridge, The Maritime Standard; Capt. Stephen Bligh, DNV GL; Jacob Berman, Standard Chartered; Abdulla bin Damithan, DP World; Trevor Pereira, The Maritime Standard; H.E. Dr. Ali Obaid Al Yabhouni, Ambassador to China; Abdulkareem Al Masabi, Abu Dhabi Ports; H.E. Dr. Abdullah Salem Alkatheeri, FTA; Khamis Juma Buamim, Gulf Navigation Holding; Chris Peters, Emirates Ship Investment Company; Ross Thompson, Abu Dhabi Ports; Bora Bariman, National Bank of Fujairah; Andrew Simmons, Global Marine Transport Capital; Amir Mosadeghi, Islamic P & I Club; Katherine Yakunchenkova, Al Safina Security

Strong programme raises profil...

Strong programme rais...

May 15, 2018

Abdel Aziz Sabri, president, Mideast Ship Management, and Andrew Shaw of ASRY sign the framework agreement for the repair of Bahri’s fleet

ASRY and Bahri sign fleet agre...

ASRY and Bahri sign f...

May 15, 2018

Ahmed Bin Sulayem, executive chairman, DMCC

Time for tea in Dubai

Time for tea in Dubai...

May 15, 2018

New Customs Centre for RAK

New Customs Centre fo...

May 15, 2018

GAC has opened up a new contract logistics facility at Dubai South

GAC opens Dubai logistics cent...

GAC opens Dubai logis...

May 15, 2018

Mundra Port is one of Adani’s most successful operations

Stellar Performance for Adnani...

Stellar Performance f...

May 15, 2018

Kolkata remains India’s fastest growing port

Indian major ports growth slow...

Indian major ports gr...

May 15, 2018

The digitalisation of the Form 13 process should helped reduce the time taken and distance covered by truckers at Pipavav port

Digital improvements boost Pip...

Digital improvements ...

May 15, 2018

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June 14, 2018

King Abdullah Port container t...

King Abdullah Port co...

June 14, 2018

ODC announced plans to enter s...

ODC announced plans t...

June 14, 2018

Gulftainer breaks Sharjah prod...

Gulftainer breaks Sha...

June 14, 2018

Abu Dhabi Ports launches block...

Abu Dhabi Ports launc...

June 14, 2018

Saqr Port tug launched by Albw...

Saqr Port tug launche...

June 14, 2018

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TMS Tanker Conference 2018 - more top speakers confirmed

King Abdullah Port container throughput accelerates again

ODC announced plans to enter shipbuilding market

Gulftainer breaks Sharjah productivity record

Abu Dhabi Ports launches blockchain technology

TMS Tanker Conference 2018 - more top speakers confirmed

King Abdullah Port container throughput accelerates again

ODC announced plans to enter shipbuilding market

Gulftainer breaks Sharjah productivity record

Abu Dhabi Ports launches blockchain technology

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