Company Insights Etihad Rail Transport Etihad Rail News Infrastructure Infrastructure projects to lift UAE construction sector While the residential segment continues to dominate the $94 billion UAE construction sector, investments in transport and renewable energy infrastructure will help propel future growth, a new report says. Government transport projects such as rail and road infrastructure, energy ventures and sewerage and water infrastructure projects, will fuel the construction sector’s expansion, according to the […] March 12, 2024 Sustainability Gulf’s recycling industry grows with mega-projects The volume of Gulf construction projects will increase the use of recycled materials, the head of the Bureau of Middle East Recycling has told AGBI. Ibrahim Aboura, who is also managing director of Aboura Metals in Dubai and a committee chairman of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), added that it will also raise the […] January 8, 2024 Trade UAE and Morocco train sights on further trade with rail deal Leaders from the UAE and Morocco have signed a declaration aimed at boosting bilateral trade, including a commitment to invest in high-speed trains in the North African country. President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and King Mohammed VI met during a state visit to Abu Dhabi last week. No specifics were disclosed about the […] December 12, 2023 SPECIAL REPORT Infrastructure After stops and starts, GCC rail is back on 2030 timetable In the same week that Dubai announced a 30km extension of its metro network, Kuwait revealed that its $20 billion four-line metro project is to be cancelled. If anything sums up the difficulties associated with connecting the GCC countries by rail, then it is this. Kuwait’s metro hit the buffers as a result of “significant […] December 5, 2023 Industry UAE steel maker signs rail transport deal with Oman Oman and Etihad Rail Company, the developer and operator of the Oman and UAE rail network, has signed an agreement with UAE-based Emirates Steel Arkan to boost cross-border supply chains by facilitating the export of raw limestone. The rail company will provide logistics solutions to manage the transportation of raw limestone from Oman to Emirates […] October 17, 2023 Transport Oman-Etihad Rail signs pact to transport steel exports Oman and Etihad Rail Company has agreed a deal to transport steel on its rail network between the sultanate and the UAE. The developer and operator of the $3 billion railway line, has agreed to carry steel products from Oman-based Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel’s (Jindal) steel complex to the UAE. The steel producer will transport […] August 3, 2023 Opinion Economy Oman is on the up but not out of the woods The government must push ahead with reforms June 23, 2023 Transport GCC on track to be linked by rail in next 10 years GCC governments are preparing to hand out $167 billion worth of contracts to link the six member countries by railway. “We should expect to see some significant contracts awarded on the railway to link all the GCC states over the next 24 to 26 months,” said Ed James, head of content and analysis at Meed, […] June 13, 2023 Logistics Oman and UAE explore transport of minerals by rail Oman and Etihad Rail Company, the developer and operator of the UAE-Oman Rail Network, has signed an agreement with Brazilian mining firm Vale to explore transporting iron ore and its derivatives by rail. The railway line will connect Vale’s industrial complex in Sohar Port and Freezone in Oman to its planned mega-industrial complex in the […] May 14, 2023 UAE and Morocco form taskforce to double trade by 2030 The UAE and Morocco are aiming to double bilateral trade and investment volumes over the next seven years. The two countries are forming a taskforce to build on their AED3.6 billion ($991 million) non-oil foreign trade last year, which was up 16 percent from 2021 and more than two-thirds higher than 2020. The UAE is […] May 10, 2023 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Infrastructure Infrastructure projects to lift UAE construction sector While the residential segment continues to dominate the $94 billion UAE construction sector, investments in transport and renewable energy infrastructure will help propel future growth, a new report says. Government transport projects such as rail and road infrastructure, energy ventures and sewerage and water infrastructure projects, will fuel the construction sector’s expansion, according to the […] March 12, 2024
Sustainability Gulf’s recycling industry grows with mega-projects The volume of Gulf construction projects will increase the use of recycled materials, the head of the Bureau of Middle East Recycling has told AGBI. Ibrahim Aboura, who is also managing director of Aboura Metals in Dubai and a committee chairman of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), added that it will also raise the […] January 8, 2024
Trade UAE and Morocco train sights on further trade with rail deal Leaders from the UAE and Morocco have signed a declaration aimed at boosting bilateral trade, including a commitment to invest in high-speed trains in the North African country. President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and King Mohammed VI met during a state visit to Abu Dhabi last week. No specifics were disclosed about the […] December 12, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT Infrastructure After stops and starts, GCC rail is back on 2030 timetable In the same week that Dubai announced a 30km extension of its metro network, Kuwait revealed that its $20 billion four-line metro project is to be cancelled. If anything sums up the difficulties associated with connecting the GCC countries by rail, then it is this. Kuwait’s metro hit the buffers as a result of “significant […] December 5, 2023
Industry UAE steel maker signs rail transport deal with Oman Oman and Etihad Rail Company, the developer and operator of the Oman and UAE rail network, has signed an agreement with UAE-based Emirates Steel Arkan to boost cross-border supply chains by facilitating the export of raw limestone. The rail company will provide logistics solutions to manage the transportation of raw limestone from Oman to Emirates […] October 17, 2023
Transport Oman-Etihad Rail signs pact to transport steel exports Oman and Etihad Rail Company has agreed a deal to transport steel on its rail network between the sultanate and the UAE. The developer and operator of the $3 billion railway line, has agreed to carry steel products from Oman-based Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel’s (Jindal) steel complex to the UAE. The steel producer will transport […] August 3, 2023
Opinion Economy Oman is on the up but not out of the woods The government must push ahead with reforms June 23, 2023
Transport GCC on track to be linked by rail in next 10 years GCC governments are preparing to hand out $167 billion worth of contracts to link the six member countries by railway. “We should expect to see some significant contracts awarded on the railway to link all the GCC states over the next 24 to 26 months,” said Ed James, head of content and analysis at Meed, […] June 13, 2023
Logistics Oman and UAE explore transport of minerals by rail Oman and Etihad Rail Company, the developer and operator of the UAE-Oman Rail Network, has signed an agreement with Brazilian mining firm Vale to explore transporting iron ore and its derivatives by rail. The railway line will connect Vale’s industrial complex in Sohar Port and Freezone in Oman to its planned mega-industrial complex in the […] May 14, 2023
UAE and Morocco form taskforce to double trade by 2030 The UAE and Morocco are aiming to double bilateral trade and investment volumes over the next seven years. The two countries are forming a taskforce to build on their AED3.6 billion ($991 million) non-oil foreign trade last year, which was up 16 percent from 2021 and more than two-thirds higher than 2020. The UAE is […] May 10, 2023
