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Plus: Drone attack halts production at Khor Mor again
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
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Every Gulf state can keep food coming in, but food inflation ran at 12.7% in Qatar in June against 1.5% in Saudi Arabia in July. Our Lede looks at the storage, subsidies, and detours behind that gap.
Today at a glance
Transportation
Rail
GCC states sign the legal framework for a 2.1k-km regional railway, but each country still funds its own section
Saudi Arabia’s financing decisions sit at the center of the…
Ports
Gulf states are sorted by who can keep food supplies and prices steady while shipping through the strait is under fire, an analyst says
No Gulf state is short on food. The bill depends…
Aviation
QatarEnergy buys 25% of Chevron’s PEL82, its fourth offshore license in Namibia
Plus: KSIA tenders roads and utilities for Terminal 6
Storage + Warehouses
Ta’ziz closes USD 1.39 bn financing for Ruwais chemicals terminal and ammonia plant
Both financings were oversubscribed, and the ammonia plant is more…
Projects
Business
Explainers
Inside the split between oil on paper and oil in hand
The war exposed the gap between futures prices and physical…
East Port Said, Tanger ports face a new challenge with Europe’s carbon rules for shipping — but green bunkering can help
To prevent losing volumes to non-EU transhipment hubs and evasive rerouting, the EU set up a list of high-risk neighboring container transhipment…
