Ports operator DP World has started building a new US$1.6bn container terminal in Dubai in response to demand for more capacity and larger vessels
Logistics
New Suez Canal facilitates trial run, to open next month
The new Suez Canal has been completed and successful trial runs have been initiated by several vessels, making way for a formal inauguration of the canal on 6 August 2015
Jebel Ali ?most productive port? in the world
Dubai?s Jebel Ali Port has been named the world?s most productive port by analysts at the Journal of Commerce (JOC) in the Port Productivity Data report
Rolls-Royce to provide Trent 700 engines to Saudia
Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce has announced two new contracts worth US$2.2bn with Saudi Arabian carrier Saudia for the provision of Trent 700 engines
Haramain rail network given electrical connectivity
Saudi Arabia?s Haramain High-Speed Railway network has been given power connectivity through overhead electrical lines, following which a train has also been tested on the line