The Kuwaiti government has awarded a Chinese firm a contract worth KD215 million ($709 million) for infrastructure projects in the South Matlaa area of the country, said a report.
The Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (Sezad) has granted Oman Tank Terminal Company (Ottco) a usufruct right to construct a crude oil storage terminal at Ras Markaz, about 70 km south of Duqm in the sultanate. Ottco is one of Oman Oil Company’s subsidiaries and the investment arm for the sultanate in the energy sector.
Qatar-based AlJaber Engineering (JEC) has been awarded contracts worth QR1.6 billion ($438 million) by New Port Project (NPP) steering committee for designing and building food security facilities and warehouses at Hamad Port in Doha.
Case Construction Equipment, a leading seller of a full line of construction equipment around the world, has appointed AMA Motors as its new official distributor for Bahrain. As per the deal, AMA Motors will sell and support a full range of Case equipment from its 2,000-sq-m premises located in East Riffa.
Bobcat, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of farm and construction equipment, recently honoured Kanoo Machinery with the ‘Best Dealer in Bahrain’ award for boosting the company’s market share of telehandlers.
Master-developer and tourism company Omran said work on Phase Two of the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC) was progressing well and the project was on track for completion by June 2018.
Qatar Rail has made significant progress in the construction of its ambitious Doha Metro project, with over 60 per cent of Phase One already completed and the first consignment of trains set to be tested by the end of the year, said a top official.
Global technology major Siemens said it has won an order to supply the key power generation equipment for the Sabiya Extension Three combined cycle power plant in Kuwait.
Oman’s Ministry of Tourism plans to launch 17 new integrated tourism stations on different road networks in the sultanate this year. The stations are aimed at enhancing tourism services and infrastructure and encouraging domestic tourism, said an Oman News Agency report.
SSH wins Bahrain waterfront deal SSH, one of the leading masterplanning, building design and infrastructure firms in the Middle East, has been awarded a contract by Manara Developments to provide the design and construction supervision of infrastructure for its upcoming Hasabi Waterfront Development in Bahrain.
Rapid Access, a leading provider of powered access solutions in the Middle East, has taken delivery of the first of the 334 units of the new-generation Genie boom lifts and scissor lifts it has ordered from Terex, a leading manufacturer of lifting and material handling solutions.
Bahrain is set to build a major bridge that will link the capital Manama to Isa Town region to help ease traffic congestion on this route.
A consortium including Japan’s Mitsui & Company, Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power and Dhofar International Development & Investment Holding has achieved a major milestone in the construction of two big natural gas-fired power projects in Oman, with the completion of civil work at both project sites, said a report.
Major Western contractors who are in Qatar for the execution of the infrastructure projects related to the Fifa World Cup 2022 are drawing up departure plans amid fears that its continuing dispute with Gulf neighbours could delay the country’s £160-billion ($206 billion) construction programme, the Arab News said, citing British media r
Manateq, a leading developer of special economic zones and logistics parks in Qatar, said it has joined forces with Ismail Bin Ali Group (IBA) to build a new residential complex for workers in the Ras Bufontas area of Qatar.
