Plans to build a 509km rail corridor to integrate the Jordanian rail network with neighbouring countries have been approved, according to Union for the Mediterranean (UFM)
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Kuwait Oil Company awards US$487 million port contract to Turkish firm
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has announced that it has awarded a US$487mn port construction contract to Turkish engineering and construction group STFA
Kuwait passes law to privatise airline
The Kuwaiti government has approved the privatisation of Kuwait Airways Corp (KAC)
Qatar's new airport launch to take off in April 2013
Preparations for the first-phase opening of Qatars new Hamad International Airport have got underway
Gulf Air achieves ISO certification for information security management system
Bahrains national carrier Gulf Air has earned the ISO certification for its information security management system