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Kingdom implements mega projects worth SAR288bn

Saudi Arabia is implementing mega infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges and rail projects worth $77 billion (SR288.75 billion), local media said quoting a report. The projects currently implemented to develop roads and bridges in the GCC countries are estimated at $109 billion (SR408.75 billion), the report released by Ventures Middle East said. Saudi Arabia captured […]


Mohammed bin Rashid launches “Dubai Water Canal”

- The New Canal spans three kilometres from the Business Bay to Arabian Gulf – Six metres in depth and bridges rising 8.5m will ensure free passageway of large boats – The project includes shopping mall, four hotels and 450 restaurants and expected to attract 20 million visitors annually Dubai, 2 Oct. 2013 (WAM) – […]


GCC traffic infrastructure projects at USD109b

DUBAI – Ongoing roads and bridges developments across the GCC are currently valued at $109 billion according to the most recent figures from business advisory and research firm, Ventures Middle East. The UAE, second worldwide for roads quality in the latest Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, has investments worth $58 billion in the pipeline for […]


Saudi ports’ revenues exceed SAR4 bn

Profits for the General Organization for Ports in the past fiscal year 1433/1434H exceeded SR4 billion, representing an increase of SR800 million from the previous fiscal year. Meanwhile, the container sector has witnessed an increase in the capacity of ports, from 5 million TEUs in 2008 to 12 million TEUs in 2012. A report of […]


Kuwait investment in water projects at $5.28b until 2014

JEDDAH – The total investment in Kuwait’s water sector between 2005 and 2014 stands at $5.28 billion, Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) said recently in its report on the country’s water sector. Highlighting the demand, supply and investment trends in the sector, the report noted that water treatment plants saw highest investment at $3.4 billion. In 2010 […]


SR300bn Makkah projects to expand pilgrim services

New projects worth more than SR300 billion are being implemented in Makkah to improve services being rendered to millions of pilgrims who come for Haj and Umrah, said Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. He said the new development projects in Makkah, including largest expansion of the Grand Mosque, were not aimed at making any financial […]