DUBAI The National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) said yesterday it had asked for ministerial approval to increase its capital to Dh216.8 million (US$59m)… Source: Business, March 16, 2010
The authorities in Abu Dhabi are reportedly on track to complete by US$409m project to construct a channel that will improve access to the Mussafah industrial zone by the middle of 2010… Source: Maritime Journal, March 11, 2010
Dubai World is expected to hold onto its global port terminals business despite the group labouring under massive debts. Source: TradeWinds, February 18, 2010;
Nakheel has issued a statement denying reports that The World Islands are sinking. Source: Construction Week Online, February 3, 2010;
Abu Dhabi Land General Contracting is in the process of finalising infrastructure contracts worth more than Dh500 million on Reem Island, said a senior official. Source:Emirates Business, February 3, 2010
A second port in Musaffah to serve the growing number of manufacturing companies setting up in the industrial zones next to Abu Dhabi Island is being planned. Source: The National, February 1, 2010
Covering 40 square kilometres, three times the size of Abu Dhabi island, the Khalifa port will have a total capacity of 15 million TEUs and 35 million tonnes of other cargo at the end of the five-phase construction in 2030 Source: Gulf News, February 2, 2010;
The municipality of Dubai is the largest city of the Persian Gulf emirate of the same name, and has built a global reputation for large-scale developments and architectural works. Source: Earth Observatory Nasa, February 1, 2010
The Palm Jumeirah is not sinking into the sea, contrary to speculation in recent days, a Nakheel executive says… Source: The National, December 9, 2009
Richard Henry’s sojourns in West Asia had always been jinxed. He went to Abu Dhabi in 1980 to work as a deckhand on a dredger, but returned four years later when the Emirate did some belt-tightening to cope with falling oil revenues… Source: DNA, December 6, 2009;
