North America Western Asia Holdings (NAWAH) agrees to modernize Maqal Port, located in Basra’s urban center on the Shatt al Arab waterway.The formal agreement is between Iraq’s Ministry of Transportation, the General Company for the Ports of Iraq…
Submerged Recovery & Inspection Services help King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals gather marine data used near proposed oil dril sites.The company used a VideoRay Pro4 ROV to complete more than 200 kilometers (or, approximately…
Region’s first semi-automated terminal relies on SPARCS N4 to handle next generation container ships & higher rates of container exchange.Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation, announce that Khalifa Port, located in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has successfully…
CyberLogitec, a Korea-based IT company to provide its OPUS Terminal Operating System (TOS) for Terminal 3, at the expanding port complex.OPUS TOS has modules to support the sophisticated operational requirements of the new terminal as…
The Obaid bin Suloom Establishment for Manufacturing & Repairing Ships launch the first ocean-going ship of its kind 100 percent locally-made.According to a report on the Khaleej Times, the ship, named ‘Obaid’, was floated out into the water in the Al Jurf area of Deira…
DP World orders cranes for its new Jebel Ali container terminal from international and local suppliers.DP World, UAE Region signs agreements with local and international companies for the supply of 19 Ship To Shore (STS) quay cranes and…
Dubai-based Goltens Worldwide secures Germanischer Lloyd approval for In-situ crankshaft annealing for medium speed 4-stroke diesel engines.This certification follows a formal review by Germanischer Lloyd of the crankshaft annealing process and related governing documents and procedures…
ABB Turbocharging to open a dedicated service point in the Drydocks World facility in Dubai.This new cooperative agreement was marked formally by signing a Memorandum of Understanding at a ceremony in conjunction with the SMM in Hamburg…
Khalifa Port commences commercial operations on schedule in support of Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030.Khalifa Port formally received its first ship from a commercial customer on target time set in the original 100 steps construction plan…
Specialised Spanish counter-piracy patrol vessel joins EU Naval Force in Gulf of Aden.The EU’s counter piracy task force (EUNAVFOR) has been augmented by the addition of the offshore patrol vessel ESPS RELAMPAGO of the Spanish Navy.The…
The GAC Group announces key management appointments for its head office and local operations in Oman and the United Kingdom.Group Vice President for Human Resources Jan Farnelid will retire on 31 August and take on a consulting role with the Group until the end of the year…
Guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) renders medical assistance to Panamanian-flagged, bulk carrier M/V Belde.Winston S. Churchill responded to a distress call following a cargo-handling accident aboard Belde. The…
EU Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR) Operation Atalanta & NATO disrupt 2 pirated dhows in the Gulf of Aden & free hostage crew.A suspicious dhow, reportedly pirated in Bosaso – Somalia, was located off the coast of Oman by the Spanish EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA)…
Portsmouth-based 'HMS Westminster' returns home from a Middle East deployment which included a £14-million drugs bust.During seven months away - clocking up more than 44,000 miles (71,000km) - the ship disrupted three groups of suspected pirates…
Navy destroyer 'USS Porter' and a Japanese-owned tanker collide near the Strait of Hormuz.The impact tore open the destroyer’s starboard side but left both crews unharmed, 5th Fleet said in a news release.The circumstances of the collision — whether the collision was in the channel…
