The King Abdullah Port (KAP) near Rabigh on Saudi Arabia?s Red Sea coast is gaining momentum, with its throughput until May rising by 16 per cent compared to the same period last year
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Gulftainer?s largest vessel docks at Sharjah port

The CMA CGM Kerguelen docks at the Khorfakkan Container Terminal in Sharjah. (Image source: Gulftainer)
Global port terminal operator Gulftainer welcomed its largest vessel, the CMA CGM Kerguelen, at Sharjah?s Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT)
Abu Dhabi Ports grows 30 per cent in first quarter of 2015

Abu Dhabi Ports now has connections to more than 100 direct destinations and 36 shipping lines. (Image source: Abu Dhabi Ports)
UAE?s Abu Dhabi Ports has announced a 30 per cent growth in Q1 2015, mainly propelled by the introduction of new shipping lanes, growth of roll-on-roll-off trade and increase in cruise passenger traffic
Vopak Horizon to expand Black Pearl storage capacity

The installation of six new tanks will increase the Black Pearl project?s crude storage capacity to 2.6mcm by late 2016. (Image source: free photos/Flickr)
Vopak Horizon Fujairah has announced the seventh expansion phase of its Black Pearl project
W?rtsil? and N-KOM sign Qatar MoU

The MoU was signed last Thursday 26 February by N-Kom CEO Chandru Rajwani and Wartsila managing director Seppo Hautajoki. (Image source: N-KOM)
Provider of marine and energy power solutions W?rtsil? has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leading Middle East shipyard Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (N-KOM)