Cairo-based shipowner United Marine Egypt (UME) is expanding in the bulk cargo market with an order at China’s New Dayang Shipbuilding for two bulkers.
Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group has secured a 20-year concession agreement with the Luanda Port Authority for the operation and upgrade of the existing Luanda multipurpose terminal.
Following the Houthi attack the 29 April MSC Orion which reportedly took place some 400 nm south of mainland Yemen, which could raise concerns about the ability of coalition forces to protect commercial vessels in a much wider theatre of operations.