The UAE government expects its maritime cluster to significantly increase its contribution to the nation’s economy in the future, delegates at the inaugural Dubai Maritime Summit heard this morning.
An MoU to improve education provision in the UAE for seafarers, marine engineers and naval architects has been signed by Khamis Buamim, chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World.
The UAE and Qatar are vying to build the region’s first LNG-fuelled harbour tug as both announced plans to build such a vessel on the same day, as recognition of the region’s centrality to the fuel type, largely due to Qatar’s place as the world’s...
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) and Hyundai Engineering & Construction have signed a lease contract for 40,000 sq m of land and a 4,536 sq m warehouse facility at Port Zayed.
Damen Shipyards Group (DSG) expects revenue for 2014 to approach the EUR2bn ($2.7bn) mark, as the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa and the Middle East continue to see brisk business in the offshore support vessel segment.