Dubai Airports investing $1.2bn to upgrade DXB terminals

Concourse D is scheduled for opening later this year, with construction work on track. Dubai Airports is investing $1.2 billion in new...

Saudi Arabia to open bidding for Jeddah Metro construction

First public trains set to run on $12bn rail system in 2020. Saudi Arabia plans to open bidding for the construction of a $12bn...

Top 10 Kuwait infrastructure projects

The fall in oil prices hasn't seriously impacted Kuwait’s plans for its energy and utility sectors. 1. AL-ZOUR NEW REFINERY PROJECTOwner: Kuwait...

Saudi port seeks to lure freight shipments from Jebel Ali in Dubai

King Abdullah port looking to attract Riyadh cargo currently shipped via the UAE. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Port is looking to give the...

Ajman’s Al Zorah awards $31m infrastructure contract

AIMS Group to complete road and utility works for first phase of waterfront project. Ajman-based Al Zorah Development Company has awarded a...

Louis Berger JV awarded $79m Doha Metro contract

Project management contract covers sections of red and green lines with combined length of about 16km. The Qatar Railways Company has awarded...

Etihad Rail, Dubai’s RTA sign rail agreement

Cooperation over station locations, road works and safety standards part of deal. Etihad Rail, developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway...

UAE logistics industry lags behind in technology, UK firm says

Over-reliance on original documentation hampers movement of cargo, logistics executive says. The logistics industry in the UAE lags its Western counterparts in...

Riyadh Metro tunnelling work ‘to start in April’

Assembly of tunnel-boring machine to be used in $22.5bn rail project is expected to take two months. The digging of tunnels for...

Infrastructure milestones #12: The UAE’s nuclear energy plan

The first nuclear-energy project in the Gulf is set to meet 25% of the UAE’s energy needs. The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation...

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