Saudi Railway Company (SAR) signed a US$147.4mn deal with Spains Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) for the manufacture of passenger trains for the North and South railway.
Logistics
New Doha Port dredging contract awarded
Qatar has awarded its second contract worth US$1.2 billion to the Middle East Dredging Company for the dredging works at the New Doha Port.
A railway digital communication revolution

Michel Clement, VP Railways at Kapsch CarrierCom, discussed about implementing the GSM-R railway technology.
Michel Clement, VP Railways at Kapsch CarrierCom, discussed the challenges and opportunities of bringing GSM-R railway technology to Algeria, the first country in the region to implement digital train communication.
Dubai Maritime inks land lease deal with Dubai Shipbuilding
Dubai Maritime City has signed a land lease (Mustaha) agreement for 25 years with ship repair and building entity, Dubai Shipbuilding.
Mecca metro gets US$5.4 billion in financing
The implementation of the first phase of a metro network in Saudi Arabia?s holy city of Mecca has been allocated US$5.4 billion in financing, the Mayor of Mecca announced.