The value of rail contracts awarded throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) reached $434 million in the first quarter of 2013, roughly 17 percent of the total $2.55 billion awarded in the transport sector overall. The value is likely to increase further this year as contracts for plans to build more than 33,712 […]
DAMMAM — The King Fahd Causeway that links Saudi Arabia to Bahrain is undergoing an ambitious development program that has dramatically driven up its capacity, according to the director of the King Fahd Causeway Authority. Badr Al-Otaishan told Al-Sharq daily that two islands will be constructed on either side of the bridge to increase capacity. Each […]
A keenly-awaited award for the Preliminary Design Consultancy services contract was announced by the Tender Boardhere yesterday, effectively signalling the formal commencement of work on the multibillion rial Oman National Railway Project. Although the Tender Board announcement — in line with longstanding practice — did not name the successful bidder, the contract award value of RO 13.582 million […]
The governments of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are studying the possibility of building a railway line parallel to King Fahd Causeway to ease the flow of goods between the two countries. This is part of a larger 2,177 km Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) railway project that will connect Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and […]
A recent Deloitte report entitled ‘Insight into the Qatar construction market and opportunities for real estate developers’ examines the construction market in Qatar and assesses opportunities for real estate developers in the country. Having been selected to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 brought forth the opportunity for Qatar to position itself as a […]
The SR 62 billion new Makkah public transport system, including a metro with four lines and 88 stations and a fast bus service network, will bring about dramatic improvement in transport of pilgrims and citizens in the city, said Makkah Mayor Osama Al-Bar. He said the first phase of the project, costing around SR 25.5 […]
Saudi Ports Authority (SPA) and King Abdul Aziz Port plan to invest SR3.43bn ($914m) in port development to meet the growing demand on the kingdom’s major seaports, Arab News has reported. Among the proposed developments is a new container terminal at a cost of SR172.5m ($46m) to be built in Dheba Port, with two others […]
JEDDAH – The GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries will continue to invest heavily in infrastructure and diversify their economies, thus boosting non-oil GDP growth, QNB said in a report. The study also noted that MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region is expected to grow between 3.5 percent and 4 percent this year and 4.5 […]
A number of cities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia are pushing forward with plans to develop metro networks. The number of pilgrims visiting Saudi Arabia for hajj or umrah pilgrimages is set to boom in the coming years and will place unique pressures on the country’s transport infrastructure. More than 3 million pilgrims visited the kingdom […]
Large-scale tunnelling schemes will provide base for Qatar infrastructure ahead of the Fifa World Cup Doha is about to become the tunnelling capital of the Middle East as it moves forward on a series of multibillion-dollar infrastructure schemes ahead of the Fifa 2022 World Cup. The projects that involve large-scale tunnelling works are the Doha […]