Saudi Arabia to launch Land Bridge railway tenders in 2017

The so-called Land Bridge line will shave around three days off the current five-day journey time for shipping seaborne freight around the Saudi coast. Saudi Arabia will be seeking bidders for the construction of a 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) railroad linking the Red Sea with the Arabian Gulf as early as the end of this year, according …


Read More

Konecranes equips Saudi container yard with reach stackers

The machines will be delivered by Konecranes distributor and service provider Al-Iman to S.A. Talke’s container marshalling yards. Lift truck specialist Konecranes has delivered four SMV 4531 TC5 reach stackers to S.A. Talke, a logistics supplier to the petrochemical sector in Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jubail region that is specialised in the handling, storage and transportation liquids …


Read More

BIG PIC: Tanzanian port hits monthly throughput record

Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS), the only specialized container terminal operator in Tanzania’s largest sea port, set a new monthly throughput record in August 2017, having handled 48,158 TEUs – a nearly 5 percent increase from the previous record of 46,080 TEUs, set in December 2015. The increase was tied to a rise in …


Read More

Fujairah National Shipping gears up to challenge rivals in GCC

Sanjeev Sarin, CEO, FNS. Fujairah National Shipping (FNS) is launching an ambitious bid to challenge network rivals in the Gulf by aiming to become one of the top three maritime services companies in the region by the end of 2018. Based at the Port of Fujairah and taking advantage of the port’s strategically important location …


Read More

Release of cargo without House Bill of Lading – live case study

I received the below question about release of cargo without house bill of lading from a reader as a comment on one of my previous articles which discussed the difference between house bill of lading and master bill of lading.. hi, I am a forwarder, we had done shipment to USA using FMC registered House …


Read More

Suez Canal Authority and DP World make progress on new economic zone

The Suez Canal project includes the construction of a 46 square-kilometre economic zone around the canal that the government says will be developed as an international industrial and logistics hub that will attract ships and generate foreign investment. The head of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish has signed a contract with UAE-based DP World …


Read More

6 Simple Ways to Optimize Your Freight Shipments

This is a guest post detailing 6 Simple Ways to Optimize Your Freight Shipments.. Shipping precious products from place to place is not often an easy task, especially when considerations like cost, time, location and safety all combine to make choosing ideal routes and shipment methods a complex feat. So how can you improve efficiency when …


Read More

Phase 2 of Dubai’s $2bn One Central 91% complete

Worth $2.2bn (AED8bn), the mixed-use development is being built in Dubai’s Za’abeel neighbourhood, with Al-Futtaim Carillion (AFC) onsite as main contractor. The second phase of Dubai World Trade Centre’s (DWTC) One Central development is 91% complete, senior project officials told Construction Week. Worth $2.2bn (AED8bn), the mixed-use development is being built in Dubai’s Za’abeel neighbourhood, …


Read More

Life after SOLAS VGM.. How has it been..??

1 year, 1 month & 29 days or 13 months & 29 days or 60 weeks & 5 days or quite simply 425 days This is how long it has been since SOLAS VGM came into effect on the 1st of July 2016.. For those of you who may not be aware what SOLAS VGM is, …


Read More

Abu Dhabi Ports launches new Fujairah Terminals facility

Abu Dhabi Ports signed a 35-year concession agreement with the Port of Fujairah earlier this year. Abu Dhabi Port has officially commenced operations of Fujairah Terminals on the East coast of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi Ports signed a 35-year concession agreement with the Port of Fujairah earlier this year, under which “Fujairah Terminals”, …


Read More