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CT2 fully operational

News14 Feb 2022

Hamad Port’s second container terminal is now fully operational....

News5 Jan 2021

The end of the blockade of air, sea and land borders between Qatar and the UAE and Saudi Arabia is a challenge for the growth of Hamad Port....

News1 Oct 2020

Qatar-based terminal operator QTerminals has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of 99.99% of Akdeniz Port in Antalya, ...

News1 Aug 2018

Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar), which operates the port of Hamad in Qatar, has signed an MoU with the government-controlled Uk...

News27 Aug 2017

Qatari shipping and logistics company Milaha has launched what it claims is the fastest service between Qatar and Pakistan...

News9 Jun 2017

Carriers are scrambling to find alternative for freight to and from Qatar in the wake of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and B...

News27 Feb 2017

Against a difficult trading background, Qatar Navigations' sales were down 14% last year and profits fell by 35%...

News25 Jan 2017

Qatar Navigation (Milaha) has signed an agreement with the Kandla International Container Terminal in India, to start what it claims is the ...

News17 Aug 2015

A report in the Gulf Times suggests diplomatic efforts are being made to start talks between the Government of Qatar and ICTSI over a conces...

News10 Dec 2013

While the mood at the TOC Container Supply Chain Middle East show being held in Dubai has been generally positive, some speakers expressed c...

News1 Apr 2011

The government of Qatar has awarded the construction contract for the Doha New Port Project Phase I to China Harbour Engineering Corporation...

News1 Jan 2008

Qatar has unveiled plans to develop a new deepwater port at Doha at a cost of QR22B (U$6n). First phase capacity is slated at 2M TEU/year, f...

News1 Apr 2005

Delegates to the MariChem Middle East 2005 conference, held recently in Doha, heard that the Arabian Gulf will replace the US Gulf as the wo...

News21 Jun 2001

Recent oil price hikes could provide a fillip for container ports in the Gulf. Higher demand for oil-based export products, aluminium and ot...