Five major firms in race for $745m Saudi canal projectFive international companies with expertise in digging canals are in the race for the 60-km-long Salwa canal project, that will turn Qatar into an island, erasing the land border between the two Gulf states, said a report. Saudi A More… |
Saudi 'plans canal border to turn Qatar into island'Saudi Arabia plans to dig a 60-km-long maritime channel along its border with Qatar, effectively turning the small Gulf peninsula into an island, reported Saudi news website Sabq. The project -- if approved by the Saudi a More… |