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First for Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

First for Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

With the start of the 2018/2019 cruise season, passengers travelling on the Fred Olsen cruise ship, Boudicca, will be able to take ...

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GAC opens new logistics facility

GAC opens new logistics facility

A quarter of a century after opening the first distribution centre in the Middle East, GAC Dubai has officially unveiled its new ...

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Changes at the top for Virgin Hyperloop

Changes at the top for Virgin Hyperloop

Virgin Hyperloop One has confirmed that Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World, has been elected as its ...

Read MoreNovember 15, 2018
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Communications connectivity improvements to benefit crew welfare

Communications connectivity improvements to benefit crew welfare

IEC Telecom Group and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has introduced a new IEC Welfare shipboard communications solution for the Middle ...

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IPO for Bahrain terminal operator gets underway

IPO for Bahrain terminal operator gets underway

APM Terminals Bahrain is expecting to raise around BHD 12 million ($32 million) through an initial public offering (IPO) that opened on ...

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NouraRashed Al Dhaheri, Cruise Terminal Manager at Abu Dhabi Ports, welcoming the Captain of Azamara Quest on its maiden call

First for Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

With the start of the 2018/2019 cruise season, passengers travelling on the Fred Olsen cruise ship, Boudicca, will ...

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From left to right, Ronald Lichtenecker, GAC Dubai Managing Director; Bengt Ekstrand, GAC Group President; HE Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman of DACC and Dubai South; and Saadi Abdul Rahim Hassan Al Rais, Chairman of the Board for GAC Dubai cut the ribbon during the inauguration ceremony for the GAC Dubai South contract logistics facility

GAC opens new logistics facility

A quarter of a century after opening the first distribution centre in the Middle East, GAC Dubai has ...

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Jay Walder, the new CEO of Virgin Hyperloop One

Changes at the top for Virgin Hyperloop

Virgin Hyperloop One has confirmed that Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World, has ...

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Nabil Ben Soussia, Managing Director, IEC Telecom Middle East

Communications connectivity improvements to benefit crew welfare

IEC Telecom Group and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has introduced a new IEC Welfare shipboard communications ...

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King Salman Port is operated under a long term agreement by APM Terminals Bahrain, a joint venture that is being partially floated through an IPO on the Bahrain Bourse

IPO for Bahrain terminal operator gets underway

APM Terminals Bahrain is expecting to raise around BHD 12 million ($32 million) through an initial public offering ...

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H.H Sheikh Hamdan met Emirati women working in the DP World Central Control Room at Jebel Ali port

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MSC will trial the Silsal system in Abu Dhabi

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Konecranes has secured a contract to deliver automated stacking gantry cranes for the Khalifa Port expansion project

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