Logistics

Marelli Motori awarded 2010 supplier of the year award

Marelli Motori was awarded the "Rolls-Royce Supplier of the Year" for 2010 as a key supplier of electric motors and generators for the marine sector.

Bombardier secures US$96mn Jeddah airport contract

Bombardier Transportation was awarded a contract worth US$96 million with Saudi construction firm, Saudi Binladin Group, to design, build, operate and maintain its Innovia APM 300 automated people mover system for the King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) Development Project in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Kuwait launches Mubarak Al-Kabir Seaport project

Kuwait laid the foundation stone at the seaport project at Boubyan Island which is part of a US$1.1 billion development programme for Boubyan Island.

Saudi Railways awards two contracts to consortiums

The Saudi Railways Organisation awarded 9.38 billion Saudi riyals (US$2.5 billion) in contracts to two consortiums, which include Germanys Deutsche Bahn and Italys Astaldi, to build four railway stations in the kingdom, it said recently.