GE Lighting opens its first full-fledged distribution centre in the Middle East in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai recently.

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.

Dubai-based DP World launched its new terminal at Vallarpadam in the south Indian state of Kerala.

The Iraqi government plans to float a tender for building a multibillion-dollar port south of Basra by the end of this year, Hadi al-Amiri, the transportation minister said.