Middle East & Africa

Amer Ali, Executive Director of the Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) led the official inauguration of Seatrade Offshore Marine and Workboats 2019 today marking the opening of this key two-day exhibition and conference for the offshore marine...

Classification society DNV GL remains convinced that the route to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2050 carbon targets is via LNG as a bridging fuel.

ADNOC Logistics & Services is “seriously considering and studying” battery solutions for coastal trade routes, it was revealed today at the Seatrade ShipTech Middle East conference

Dubai-headquartered Glander International Bunkering is opening a new office in Oslo ahead of IMO 2020.

In a glittering awards ceremony recognising the best of the regional maritime industry, Mr. Bader Naser Al Khashti, Chairman of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, was announced as winner of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, while H.E Eng. Hessa...

Henning Schleyerbach, who was appointed coo of DCSA in July, tells Seatrade Maritime that nine of the top 10 container shipping lines were already members of DCSA and discussions with Cosco were continuing. “We are in contact with them [Cosco] and...

Despite the alarmist warnings of ships being hijacked in a cyber-attack IEC Telecom warns the real threat comes from staff carelessly downloading a virus by not following procedures.

The UAE’s maritime sector stands to benefit from the country’s growing trade with India, China and Africa, Salem Al Zaabi, director general of the UAE Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime, told the Dubai Maritime Agenda today.

This year’s UAE Maritime Week kicked off with the announcement that next year’s event will take place during Expo 2020 Dubai at a convention centre currently under construction at the world exhibition site.

The use of LNG as a marine fuel for ships still has a long way to go before it can be commercially applied on a considerable scale globally, amid the shipping industry’s heightening interest in developing this clean fuel market.