• Iran-China trade down 11 percent to $8.5 bn in seven months

    Tehran, Iran -- The trade exchanges between Iran and China in the first seven months of the current year reached $8.540 billion, with China’s export of products to Iran accounting for $6 billion of it. The trade declined by 11 percent compared to the same period last year, China’s Customs...
  • Mawani adds 20 cargo services to Saudi Arabia’s ports in H1

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has added 20 cargo services to the ports of Jeddah, Dammam, and Jubail during the first half of 2023, a development that inspired the Kingdom’s latest score of 76.16 points in the Q2 2023 update of the UNCTAD’s Liner Shipping Connectivity...
  • Qatar ports handle 140,000 tons of cargo in Dec 2022

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-- The Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar) said Sunday that it handled over 140,000 tons of cargo in December 2022, registering a growth of 86 percent compared to December 2021. In a tweet, Mwani Qatar said that it had received 267 cruises last December, with an increase...
  • EVs help GCC countries achieve net zero goals

    Through strategic investments in our vehicles, services, businesses and technologies, we are leading the way toward a cleaner, smarter and safer society, adds West, the Managing Director of OnStar Middle East Operations and Future Mobility General Motors Africa and Middle East.
  • Semiconductor shortage slows down GCC auto sector

    Auto exports to the region are likely to suffer for the next more than a year due to an estimated net production loss of 3.9 million vehicles globally. Besides the automobile sector, e-gadgets, the smartphone and video gaming industries were impacted by the shortage.
  • Taking the wheel

    Bruce Robertson, Managing Director, Jaguar Land Rover MENA, speaks to Sunil Kumar Singh on the future of self-driving cars in the Middle East and more. How would you describe Jaguar Land Rover’s journey so far in the Middle East? Despite all the talk about a slowdown, I believe the region...