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Etihad Cargo appoints new Area General Manager for the Indian Subcontinent

Etihad Cargohas appointed Giridharan Srinivasan ( LinkedIn ) as area general manager for the Indian Subcontinent, according to a statement. Srinivasan will be based in Bangalore, India and will be responsible for developing old and new partnerships with the air freighter’s clients in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and surrounding countries. Srinivasan comes […]

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Kuwait, Iraq discuss Khor Abdullah maritime agreement + China, Kuwait to cooperate on ports and freezones. PLUS: Iran, Maldives resume diplomatic ties

Kuwait + Iraq discuss Khor Abdullah maritime agreement: Kuwaiti Prime Minister Ahmed Nawaf Al Sabah met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al Sudani in New York on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly session to discuss the potential impacts of Iraq’s recent annulment of a law governing its Khor Abdullah maritime agreement […]

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Egypt looks to Kazakhstan for wheat imports + Mawani, Bahri ink sustainability agreements. PLUS: Lots of freezone news + more from Egypt, Dubai, Morocco, Iraq and Oman

TRADE- Egypt looks to Kazakhstan for wheat imports: Egypt is in talks with Emirati bank Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADBC) to finance wheat purchases from Kazakhstan, Reuters reports, citing Egyptian Supply Minister Ali Moselhy. The value and terms of the loan as well as the amount and price of the wheat purchase it would cover […]

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25-27 September (Monday-Wednesday): Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Middle East & Africa, The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai, UAE. 25-27 September (Monday-Wednesday): Agriculture Horticulture Development Board’s trade mission to Kuwait. 26-27 September (Tuesday-Wednesday): Gulf-Iraq Business Forum, Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, UAE. 27 September (Wednesday): TMS Transportation and Climate Change Conference (TACCC), Saadiyat Rotana Resort, Abu Dhabi, UAE. […]

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TODAY: US joins GCC in pushing for resolution to Iraq-Kuwait maritime border debacle + UAE to finalize more CEPAs in the next three months

Good morning, lovely people. We wrap the week with another tight issue, with a lot of updates from Egypt and some tidbits from across the region. THE BIG LOGISTICS STORY- Egypt’s Transport Ministry is gearing up to launch a tender for the Alexandria-Cairo railway bypass in 1Q 2024, a ministry source told Enterprise Logistics. So […]

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Are Israel-Saudi normalization talks falling through? PLUS: Bahraini and Qatari officials meet with counterparts at UN assembly

Did Riyadh break off normalization talks with Israel? That’s according to the London-based news outlet Elaph, which reported last week that Saudi Arabia has told the US that it is stopping discussions because right-wing Israeli ministers were refusing to make concessions to the Palestinians, citing an official from Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Denials from […]

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