The IMO needs to amend the SOLAS regulation banning the use of asbestos and asbestos containing materials (ACM) in ships, according to John Chillingworth, senior marine principal at Lucion Marine
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DP World invests more than US$1bn in global trade in 2017

DP World focuses on adding value across the supply chain for customers and partners. (Image source: DP World)
DP World has invested more than US$1bn in global trade opportunities in 2017, with an aim to diversify its business across the supply chain and explore smart innovation technologies
Arab Contractors and Orascom to build Egypt?s first monorail
Arab Contractors, one of the leading construction companies in the Middle East and Africa, has partnered with Orascom Construction Company (OC) to build Egypt?s first primary monorail project on the suburbia of Cairo
Gulf Islamic Investments buys Amazon?s logistics centres for US$114mn
Gulf Islamic Investments (GII), the UAE-based Islamic financial services company, has acquired Amazon?s logistics centres covering an area of about one million square feet for US$144mn
GreenParking to establish 18 charging stations along 2018 EVRT Middle East route in UAE and Oman
A new network of over 18 state-of-the-art charging points will be established to power the convoy of electric vehicles taking part in the 2018 Electric Vehicle Road Trip (EVRT) Middle East