Press Release Index
Cruise executives call for regional boost
Co-operation needed between government, tourism authorities, ports, tour operators and cruise lines
Talks on armed security teams to deter pirates
Leading Middle East ship owners reveal details of pirate attacks as regional maritime summit debates risks to crews, vessels, cargoes and earnings
Middle East shipping ‘riding out’ the storm
Still ‘heavy demand’ for cargo operations, Dubai World chairman says at region’s biggest maritime trade show
Mid East shipping in buoyant mood
Regional summit of global ship operators and financiers opens today as maritime industry rises to meet the challenge of trade volumes, tanker rates & piracy
Maritime piracy at 'intolerable' level
With 100 hijackings and 300 seamen held by pirates, challenge to ship operators to be debated at special industry seminar
Middle East launch for ‘green’ shipping breakthroughs
Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibitors to showcase technologies to cut fuel costs and environmental impact of global shipping
Flying Angel brings comfort to thousands
Charity needs $750 a day to provide invaluable service to seafarers off the UAE coast
Gulf cruise sector to double by 2010
International cruise operators to dock in the Gulf, keen to capitalise on new cruise destinations-region expected to handle 400,000 passengers by 2010
GLOBAL DOWNTURN CHALLENGES MIDDLE EAST SHIPPING
Ship operators and financiers to gather at Seatrade Middle East Maritime to assess impact of economic turbulence
CAPTAINS OF REGIONAL SHIPPING INDUSTRY TO STEER MARITIME EVENT
High level steering committee of industry leaders formed to examine over-the-horizon challenges faced by region's maritime sector
$33 BILLION MIDDLE EAST SEAPORT EXPANSION UNDERWAY
Gulf neighbours challenge dominance of Dubai's Jebel Ali – one of the world's biggest container ports – with major building programmes
SEATRADE MIDDLE EAST MARITIME SET FOR 2008 EXPANSION
Forecast regional fleet growth to be spotlighted
MID-EAST SHIP CONVERSION DEMAND TO SPUR REGIONAL YARD GROWTH, SEATRADE HEARS
130 FLOATING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN NEXT FIVE YEARS EXPECTED
DUBAI’S CRUISE TRAFFIC RETURNS TO 2001 PEAK, SEATRADE HEARS MID EAST CRUISE INFRASTRUCTURE LAGGING BEHIND, SAYS EXPERT
K’AKI NAMED SEATRADE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA
DUBAI’S MARITIME SECTOR RECORDING 10-15% YEARLY GROWTH EMIRATE ON COURSE AS GLOBAL MARINE HUB, SAYS BIN SULAYEM
THREE MARITIME MAJORS IN JOINT VENTURE TO BUILD SHIP REPAIR YARD IN KAZAKHSTAN
MASSIVE PORT PRIVATISATION ON CARDS FOR AQABA
FOUR MAJOR PROJECTS SLATED FOR NEXT SIX MONTHS