Massive Jeddah transport project approvedA public transport plan for the Jeddah region, which includes a network of trains, buses and sea transport lines, has been approved by the Saudi Cabinet. The Cabinet gave instructions to impleme More… |
Bahrain to streamline air, sea, land transportBahrain aims to streamline the development of the kingdom’s transportation systems across air, land and sea, the Minister of Transportation has said. The Strategic Plan for 2013-2016 has p More… |
Bahrain Air in crisis talks over licenceBahrain Air, the private national carrier of the Kingdom, is in serious discussion with top government officials for getting its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) extended. The airline hopes for a More… |
Saudi under pressure to improve transport sectorWith economic growth forecast to have reached 5.3 per cent in 2012 and a population having grown at a CAGR of about three per cent between 2000 and 2011 Saudi Arabia is under unprecedented pressure to improve its transport infrastructure. More… |
Logistics experts meet at Saudi TranstecInternational and regional logistics leaders came together yesterday in Riyadh to share industry developments and discuss future opportunities at the third Saudi Transtec Exhibition & Conference in Dammam. Officially supported More… |
36 cruise ships set to anchor in BahrainThe docking of a German liner carrying 2,300 tourists at Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port on Friday marks the launch of the kingdom’s cruising season which will see many as 36 cruise ships calling at the port until March 22. More… |
Travellers stranded as US airports, rails assess damageAs US rail, transit, airline and port workers dug through debris, dealt with power outages and assessed damage from massive storm Sandy, it was increasingly clear that restoring full transportation would take some time . The storm More… |
Saudi firm wins Guinness for logistics recordAlmajdouie Group, a leading logistics company in Saudi Arabia, said it has become the first company in the Kingdom to enter the Guinness Book of World Record for transporting the heaviest item (41,000 metric tons) by road freight. More… |
Bahrain shines in global free zones rankingBahrain is home to three of the world’s top twenty special economic zones and locations for inward investment, economic development and business expansion globally, according to a report by Foreign Direct Investment Magazine. Bahrain Inter More… |
GCC rail network focus for summitRoad and railways networks of countries across the GCC, development of maritime and air transport systems, logistics and transportation will form the core of discussions of an upcoming transportation conference in Doha. The GCC Transport a More… |








