According to MEED (Middle East Business Intelligence) Bahrain’s local real estate developer Manara Developments has awarded US-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company an estimated BD10m ($26m) contract… Source: MEED, November 24, 2009 / Gulf Daily News, June 29, 2oo9
Kuwait yesterday assured Bangladesh to provide all necessary support for the economic development of Bangladesh and procurement of dredgers for implementing the government’s capital and maintenance dredging in the country’s major rivers… Source: The New Nation, November 25, 2009
DUBAI – Abu Dhabi’s National Marine Dredging Co or NMDC, said Monday it won a 1.5 billion U.A.E. dirham ($408.7 million) contract to build a 63.5-kilometer canal in the U.A.E.’s largest emirate… Source: Maktoob, November 23, 2009;
Qatofin inauguration to give exports a fillip… Source: Gulf Times, November 19, 2009;
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded a Dh2.3 billion (US$639 million) contract to National Marine Dredging related to a project to build artificial islands in the Gulf… Source: The National, November 12, 2009
Prime Minister Ali Mujawar got acquainted on Wednesday with the work progress in Aden Container Terminal (ACT) in Aden Free Zone (AFZ) and the expansion plans in the ACT… Source: Yemen News Agency, November 11, 2009
Mighty boost to Saudi construction capability… Source: Arab News, November 8, 2009;
Nakheel has offered investors in the stalled Palm Jebel Ali development alternative homes on other projects, casting further uncertainty over the future of the vast reclaimed island… Source: The National, November 5, 2009;
DP world has decided to postpone implementation of a 3rd terminal in Jebel Ali till 2013… Source: Port Technology, November 5, 2009;
DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)–Plans to invest almost $40 billion to triple port capacity across the oil-rich Persian Gulf region are sailing against stiff global economic head winds, according to industry experts… Source: Zawya Dow Jones, November 3, 2009;
Construction of the first of The World islands, situated off Dubai’s coast, is expected to start as early as next month, while its other site developments await final clearances and permissions from the regulatory body, Trakhees… Source: New Civil Engineer, November 2, 2009;
National Marine Dredging (UAE) wins Zadco islands reclamation deal as part of a scheme to boost production at the Upper Zakum field to 750.000 barrels a day. Source: MEED, November 1, 2009;
