‘Fast-track link’ for airport by summer
Nearly half of the World Bank’s $18 million loan to overhaul Beirut’s airport will be invested in a “fast-track link”...
Transport & Logistics
Egypt mulls launching shipping lines to increase trade exchange
Minister of Business Sector Hesham Tawfik said that his ministry mulls launching navigation lines within the framework of its strategy...
Tenders floated for Red Sea, Dammam-Riyadh rail projects
Saudi Arabia has issued transaction advisory services tender for two railway projects - one linking Yanbu, Industrial City and King...
Beirut airport passenger traffic up by 7 percent
Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport experienced a more than 7 percent increase in passenger traffic from 2017 to 2018, according...
NGOs lobby Lebanese government on public transport
With billions of dollars poised to be injected into revitalizing Lebanon’s road networks, a new coalition of NGOs and experts...
UAE mulls Fujairah-Mumbai sub-sea tunnel project
The UAE’s National Advisor Bureau, a consultancy firm based in Masdar city in Abu Dhabi, has announced its latest futuristic...
Tender announced for Bahrain metro network
The Minister of Transpiration and Telecommunication (MTT), Kamal bin Ahmed, has announced a tender for the appointment of a consulting...
Abu Dhabi’s Hyperloop ‘to cost $20mn-$40mn per km’
The world's first commercial hyperloop system, which is set to open in Abu Dhabi in 2020, will cost between $20...
Oman opens 270-km-long Batinah Expressway
Omani authorities have officially opened the 270-km-long Batinah Expressway that starts from the end of Muscat Expressway in Halban and...
Lebanon, UK sign largest bilateral trade deal
Middle East Airlines and Rolls Royce inked a $300 million deal on Wednesday, marking the largest ever bilateral deal between...
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