Budding Malaysian rig owner UMW Oil & Gas (UMW-OG) is bidding for as many as 29 projects worth $1.7bn in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, local media quoted a CIMB Equities Research report as saying.

Technology, automation and training are key accommodating Saudi economic growth at its ports, the Saudi Maritime Congress in Dammam heard today.

What are the implications of Gulftainer's ground-breaking entry in the US in June? Five months on, Seatrade Global spoke to four of the world's leading ports consultants to find out.

Jubarah Bin Eid Al-Suraiseri, the Saudi Arabian Minister of Transport and chairman of Saudi Ports Authority, inaugurated the first Saudi Maritime Congress yesterday at the Sheraton Hotel in east coast city of Dammam.

Khalid Hashim, managing director of Precious Shipping, explained the ten unwritten rules of successful dry bulk transport to an audience in Saudi Arabia yesterday.

The low impact on the dry bulk market of an increase in Chinese iron ore imports is down to simple tonne-mile demand, according to Precious Shipping managing director Khalid Hashim.

The Middle East has established itself as a major ship repair centre, but there exists a gap in the market for a large repair facility in the Red Sea.

Topaz Energy and Marine has recorded a third quarter profit of $14.6m, a 17.8% increase compared with Q3 2013.

CMA CGM is to split its existing Asia-East Africa (ASEA) service into two services covering Kenya and Tanzania.  

Seatrade global does not often have occasion to talk about the landlocked country of Austria, but decisions being made in Vienna this week could alter the shipping landscape for years to come.