Middle East News

The company’s announcement that it has signed a 35-year concession follows DP World’s decision to terminate its contract to develop and operate the port.

A temporary ship-to-ship refuelling facility is now available for all vessels lifting any Qatari seaborne imports or exports.

Radhik Pillai has been appointed as a bunker trader at the company’s Dubai office.

Non-Qatari-flagged vessels which have loaded in Qatar and wish to bunker in Fujairah may still be able to do so despite trade sanctions, says Ince & Co Dubai.

There may be further fallout for shipping following the decision by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to cut diplomatic links with Qatar, but Holman Fenwick Willan suggests that all will have cost repercussions on the affected parties.

The northern Omani port has agreed to issue port clearance to vessels having difficulties entering or leaving Qatari ports.

The attack against the Navig8 Providence took place on 1 June when the vessel was 103 nautical miles east of Muscat.

Nicolai Rosendahl Mortensen has been appointed as a bunker and lubricant trader.

The world’s largest LNG export port receives almost 1,200 calls each year from LNG, LPG and hydrocarbon-carrying vessels.