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ONE launches three weekly routes inking the Middle East to East Asia

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ONE adds three new weekly routes linking the Middle East to East Asia: Japanese shipping and container company Ocean Network Express (ONE) has launched three new weekly services linking the region and East Asia, according to a statement on Thursday. The three services – dubbed Gulf Asia Liner Express (GLX), Central China Middle East Express (CMX) and South China Middle East Express (SMX) – will respectively call at UAE’s Jebel Ali Port, KSA’s Dammam Port, Oman’s Sohar Port, Qatar’s Hamad Port, and Bahrain in the region.

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Egypt’s Industry and Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir has appointed Major General Tariq Abdullah as the new head for the maritime transport and logistics sector, according to a statement on Saturday. Abdullah, who is replacing Rear Admiral Reda Ismail, was seconded from the country’s defense ministry last year to serve as an advisor for port affairs at the ministry's maritime sector. 

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