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We also take a look at how the closure of Hormuz is threatening a total production shutdown within weeks. Shall we? <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Watch this space<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><a id=\"wwtt1\"><\/a>  <strong>DEBT WATCH \u2014 Adnoc is reportedly shelving its <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-04\/abu-dhabi-oil-giant-plans-up-to-2-billion-of-dim-sum-bonds\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">planned USD 2 bn<\/a><\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-04\/abu-dhabi-oil-giant-plans-up-to-2-billion-of-dim-sum-bonds\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">debut dim sum<\/a><\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-04\/abu-dhabi-oil-giant-plans-up-to-2-billion-of-dim-sum-bonds\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">bond<\/a><\/strong><strong> as the widening regional war rattles credit markets<\/strong>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/abu-dhabi-national-oil-delays-bond-sale-as-credit-markets-wobble\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> reports, citing people it says are in the know. The energy giant, which had been sounding out investors since October and was due to market the notes this week, has now paused the process to avoid paying a war premium and to secure better borrowing costs. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The move tracks with a broader wave of global issuers delaying their debt sales. <\/strong>Yesterday marked the first day this year that the European publicly-syndicated debt market saw zero USD, EUR, or GBP offerings from corporate or sovereign borrowers, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/bond-deals-in-europe-put-on-hold-as-mideast-war-rattles-markets\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> reported separately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong><a id=\"wwtt2\"><\/a> AVIATION \u2014<\/strong> <strong>Regional airspace has opened up to limited flight <\/strong>after being completely closed off since Saturday, and with minimal damage reported in the UAE. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emirates.com\/ae\/english\/help\/travel-updates\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Emirates<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flydubai.com\/en\/help\/operational-updates\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Flydubai<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/uae\/us-israel-war-with-iran-enters-day-3-as-tensions-escalate-uae-stays-alert-1.500460317\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Etihad Airways<\/a> all say they have allowed limited flight operations, with Etihad saying they were for \u201crepatriation, cargo, and repositioning\u201d purposes. All other flights are suspended until at least midday tomorrow, and the airlines have advised against going to the airport without receiving a flight update or notification. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>LATEST UPDATE- <\/strong>Two Etihad flights bound for Abu Dhabi were diverted to Muscat in the early hours of the morning, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flightradar24\/status\/2028624066551120375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2028624066551120375%7Ctwgr%5E59eb523bd1bb7eaa83afa3d6f347a7ee8ae8d38d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2Fliveblog%2F2026%2F2%2F28%2Flive-israel-launches-attacks-on-iran-multiple-explosions-heard-in-tehran\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">FlightRadar24<\/a>. Meanwhile, a Dubai-bound Emirates flight headed back to Mumbai. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong><a id=\"wwtt3\"><\/a> MARITIME \u2014 Egypt\u2019s Canal Shipping Agencies and Trust for Trade and <\/strong><strong>Transport wil<\/strong><strong>l operate special-purpose commercial vessels between Egypt and East African countries<\/strong>, according to a Transport Ministry <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MinistryTransportation\/posts\/pfbid033rjrrEvQhyHg5WkNBeaF57potXLvYJawhGheEi4qdEdGn2pEBSpR19Z7UW74gAbEl\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The JV will provide logistics, agency services, and customs clearance for livestock and goods, and will initially operate through Safaga Port, with plans to expand across the Red Sea network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> By deploying dedicated vessels and bundling regulatory clearances under a single state-backed operator, the venture aims to resolve chronic capacity bottlenecks and port delays that have long deterred private-sector importers. Its success would stabilize meat supply chains and lower the unit economics for Egyptian exporters looking to replace expensive transhipment routes with a direct Red Sea corridor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Market watch<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Oil prices climbed this morning on rising US-Israeli tensions with Iran and Strait of <\/strong><strong>Hormuz supply fears<\/strong>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/oil-rises-expanding-us-israeli-conflict-with-iran-elevates-supply-risks-2026-03-03\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> reports. 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bottleneck that escalates normal trade delays into widespread market disruption. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The math for a Suez-Hormuz bypass is catastrophic for margins. <\/strong>Rerouting Indian or Gulf exports around the Cape of Good Hope adds <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/business\/news\/strait-of-hormuz-blockade-freight-insurance-costs-set-to-surge\/4159130\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">15 to 20 days<\/a> to transit times \u2014 but the bigger shock is the war-risk premium, which has jumped from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/business\/news\/strait-of-hormuz-blockade-freight-insurance-costs-set-to-surge\/4159130\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">0.025% to 0.5%<\/a> of vessel value in just a matter of days. With Brent crude surging to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zerocarbon-analytics.org\/insights\/briefings\/asian-countries-most-at-risk-from-oil-and-gas-supply-disruptions-in-strait-of-hormuz\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 130 per barrel<\/a> on Hormuz closure fears, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/small-biz\/trade\/exports\/insights\/freight-fuel-and-fear-as-missiles-fly-in-west-asia-these-indian-sectors-take-the-hit\/articleshow\/128935755.cms?from=mdr\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">delivered cost of goods<\/a> is no longer predictable \u2014 exporters who paid USD 300 for a container to Dubai are now starting at USD 1.2k. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The detour around Africa is not all rainbows and butterflies<\/strong> \u2014 South African ports, such as Durban, Cape Town, and Coega, are not built to handle a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.staxbond.com\/en\/news-2133-2135-7421-2.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">90% diversion<\/a> of Suez traffic. Bunkering hubs like Algoa Bay are under strain from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbcafrica.com\/2026\/glencore-unit-awaits-new-bunkering-vessel-amid-south-african-tax-dispute\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">regulatory disputes<\/a> and rising demand, forcing vessels to to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freightnews.co.za\/article\/bunker-bungling-algoa-bay-bunkering-delay-drags-on?page=118\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">wait in long queues<\/a> just to fuel up for the North Atlantic leg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Can inland transport or pipelines do the trick? Not quite. <\/strong>The Saudi East-West pipeline moves 5 mn barrels per day \u2014 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.jp\/en\/middle-east\/article_165060\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">far less than the 20 mn<\/a> that normally pass through Hormuz. Overland corridors, like the International North-South Transport Corridor, don\u2019t have the TEU capacity to handle diverted Suez traffic that the Cape of Good Hope can handle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The damage will hit other industries as well <\/strong>\u2014 Tesla and Volvo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/tesla-berlin-suspend-most-production-two-weeks-over-red-sea-supply-gap-2024-01-11\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">paused<\/a> production in Europe after components failed to arrive on time <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/3\/124.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">during the Red Sea disruption<\/a> in 2024. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The beneficiaries on the carrier side are those with pricing power. <\/strong>Hapag-Lloyd is already layering a war risk surcharge on Persian Gulf cargo and has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hapag-lloyd.com\/en\/services-information\/news\/2026\/03\/shipping-from-north-europe-to-india-and-middle-east--a-price-ann.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> fresh tariff increases from North Europe to India and the Middle East starting 1 April.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Fr<strong>eight rates could rebalance<\/strong>\u2026eventually<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The shipping industry may find itself insulated from a problem that was<\/strong><strong> supposed to hurt it. <\/strong>Overcapacity in the market is \u201cbeing hidden by disruptions, depressing freight rates,\u201d Simon Heaney, container industry analyst at Drewry, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/12\/31\/is-a-red-sea-return-a-market-blip-or-a-global-bust\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">told EnterpriseAM<\/a>. \u201cExcess supply growth has been curtailed due to things like slower steaming, port congestion, and obviously the Red Sea diversions creating longer journey times.\u201d <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A wind-down in disruptions would have caused a substantial drop in freight rates, and in <\/strong><strong>turn carrier bottom lines.<\/strong> \u201cThe speed of our return back through the Suez Canal will impact the market\u2019s ability to be shielded [from the level of overcapacity],\u201d Heaney had told us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This year was expected to usher in an ease in disrupting factors<\/strong>, with Red Sea diversions starting to scale back. Instead, that disruption has now extended to Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Oil prices could be a drag, though. <\/strong>We know now that sustained disruptions could mean crude will hit the USD 100 mark. That would mean higher costs for shippers since fuel accounts for up to 40% of their expenses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Could<strong> repeated disruptions erode confidence in Gulf hub ports<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>No port in the wider corridor is fully insulated anymore<\/strong>, with strikes hitting major ports such as the UAE\u2019s Jebel Ali in Dubai, Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-flagged-products-tanker-hit-by-unknown-projectiles-bahrain-port-sources-say-2026-03-02\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Port of Bahrain<\/a>, and Oman\u2019s Duqm with two <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/oil-tanker-hit-off-oman-coast-after-drones-strike-duqm-port-2026-03-01\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">tankers<\/a> hit near Khasab Port and Sultan Qaboos Port. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Gulf hub confidence is on a short leash: <\/strong>The precautionary suspensions and vessel anchoring near Hormuz came on top of months of Red Sea volatility \u2014 starting in late 2023 \u2014 that already forced some carriers to reroute around the Cape to avoid Bab el Mandeb. Gulf hubs like <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maersk.com\/news\/articles\/2024\/01\/24\/red-sea-gulf-aden-service-updates\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Jebel Ali<\/a> were used more heavily as consolidation and feeder redistribution nodes. Congestion at Jebel Ali hit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mykn.kuehne-nagel.com\/news\/article\/port-operational-updates-from-around-the-worl-03-Apr-2024\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">four- to six-day<\/a> vessel delays at the time vs the usual zero-day delays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This week\u2019s temporary shutdown marks a different layer of risk<\/strong>. Red Sea rerouting tested capacity, while now tensions test access. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The transshipment business isn\u2019t a volume game, it\u2019s a reliability game, and <\/strong><strong>geopolitics is now the dominant variable in that equation.<\/strong> Shippers and carriers can tolerate congestion surcharges, delays, even premium rates \u2014 but what they can\u2019t tolerate is unpredictability. Gulf hubs \u201cdominated\u201d because carriers could anchor the routing playbook around them with predictable turnaround times. But now, war-risk premiums and corridor volatility are reshaping routing decisions. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The same strategic geography that created the edge is now the liability<\/strong>. Proximity to the world\u2019s busiest energy corridor built scale, but also (as we\u2019ve seen) volatility, with the dual corridor exposure of the Red Sea and Hormuz<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Who loses: <\/strong>The risk sits with ports whose volumes depend on passing cargo, not local demand \u2014 particularly Gulf transshipment hubs like the UAE\u2019s Jebel Ali and Khalifa. Such ports will not only lose cargo, but also the routing network. When carriers reroute, they don\u2019t simply swap one port for another, they redesign entire service strings, and those strings are sticky (as we\u2019ve seen in the Red Sea) \u2014 they rarely reverse cleanly when security improves. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Who<\/strong><strong> gains: <\/strong>Ports sitting outside Hormuz, offering geographic insulation, could gain. Oman\u2019s Salalah, which handled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.omanobserver.om\/article\/1184843\/business\/economy\/port-of-salalah-achieves-record-general-cargo-volumes-in-2025\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">4.3 mn TEUs<\/a> in 2025, provides scale. India\u2019s Mundra and Sri Lanka\u2019s Colombo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ijfmr.com\/papers\/2025\/3\/42570.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">provide<\/a> established transshipment capability without direct exposure to the military geometry, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/3\/125.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">report (pdf)<\/a>. Djibouti remains strategically positioned near Bab el Mandeb, though its fortunes depend heavily on Red Sea security stabilizing. Ports slightly removed from the chokepoint gain appeal precisely because they sit one step outside the exposure zone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Egypt sits in the middle \u2014 exposed on energy, opportunistic on containers: <\/strong>Operations in East Port Said on the Mediterranean remain steady, a senior Egyptian government source tells EnterpriseAM, arguing that the port\u2019s container-heavy profile shields it from Hormuz-linked crude disruptions. The terminal continues to lean on transshipment volumes, which hit 5.6 mn TEUs in 2025. However, Ain Sokhna is already feeling the knock-on from halted oil tanker movements tied to Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The upside \u2014 if it materializes \u2014 is diversion: <\/strong>As more vessels extend voyages around the Cape, Damietta and Alexandria could capture incremental container calls and logistics activity. But this isn\u2019t a clean win. The real variable is duration: a short shock creates selective port gains, while a prolonged disruption erodes canal-linked revenue and tightens energy exposure. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Airline impact goes beyond cancellations \u2014 it hits shares too<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The Gulf\u2019s \u2018<\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alixpartners.com\/media\/14515\/ap_new_normal_gulf_carriers_jun_2018.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">super-connector\u2019<\/a><\/strong><strong> model hit a wall of closed airspace<\/strong> \u2014 and the closure of some of the world\u2019s busiest international hubs isn't just a disruption, it is a rapid shift of the world's air traffic and trade flows<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The East-West bridge has buckled:<\/strong> With Jordan, Dubai, and Qatar airport hubs partially or fully shuttered, primary corridors for India-Europe and Asia-US traffic could potentially disappear. Oil prices <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">jumped nearly 7%<\/a>, but the real \u201cwar tax\u201d is rerouting \u2014 Air India is now making <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/travelobiz.com\/air-india-extends-middle-east-flight-cancellations-us-rerouted-rome-march-02-2026\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">mid-route stops in Rome for US-bound flights<\/a>, a move that will cut the efficiency and cost-advantage of the ultra-long-haul model.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Who\u2019s hit the hardest? <\/strong>Emirates and Qatar Airways were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/here-are-the-airports-and-airlines-disrupted-by-us-iran-conflict?embedded-checkout=true\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the worst-affected<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/here-are-the-airports-and-airlines-disrupted-by-us-iran-conflict?embedded-checkout=true\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">carriers<\/a> \u2014 with the two airlines cancelling over 400 flights each. Global <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyprus-mail.com\/2026\/03\/02\/travel-stocks-tumble-as-war-sparks-worst-disruption-since-pandemic?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">travel stocks reacted sharply<\/a> \u2014 with TUI shares dropping 8.5%, Lufthansa down 6.5%, and IAG falling 4.8% as the market priced in a long-term curb on travel appetite. India\u2019s IndiGo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/here-are-the-airports-and-airlines-disrupted-by-us-iran-conflict?embedded-checkout=true\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">stood out<\/a> as the hardest-hit non-regional airline \u2014 with Indian carriers particularly exposed due to their heavy reliance on Middle Eastern schedules for migrant worker traffic as well as existing bans on using Pakistani airspace, according to analysts. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The immediate reaction was severe \u2014 but the long-term impact could be more <\/strong><strong>significant. <\/strong>Analysts warn that if the aviation hubs remain closed, we could be seeing a massive spike in air freight rates and a total realignment of aircraft positioning across the hemisphere. \u201cWe believe that an active war zone, along with the resulting flight disruptions \u2013\u2013 due to closure of airspace and airports \u2013\u2013 is likely to curb travel appetite in the region,\u201d said B Riley Securities in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/australian-airline-qantas-shares-fall-more-than-10-us-iran-conflict-2026-03-01\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Capacity is the only currency in crisis: <\/strong>King Khalid International in Riyadh has emerged as a principal evacuation hub for the wealthy and senior executives. 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regional energy logistics <\/strong><strong>\u2014 threatening a total production <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/mideast-oil-output-may-need-to-stop-if-hormuz-closed-for-25-days\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">shutdown within weeks<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> With the world's most vital oil artery blocked, the logistical challenge has shifted from delays to a question of physical storage capacity. The conflict is spilling across the region, threatening the 21 mn barrels of oil from Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE that pass through the strait daily.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Middle East oil producers have roughly 25 days before they run out of storage space<\/strong>, analysts at JP Morgan <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/mideast-oil-output-may-need-to-stop-if-hormuz-closed-for-25-days\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a>. If the Strait remains closed beyond this window, producers may have to stop output entirely because there will be nowhere left to put the oil. A production halt is a massive logistical and technical undertaking. Once wells are capped due to lack of storage, restarting them is neither fast nor cheap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The situation \u201chas already moved from geopolitical noise to actual impact<\/strong>,\u201d Rabobank Energy Strategist Florence Schmit told EnterpriseAM, as energy infrastructure across the region has been targeted and Israel has already curtailed gas production as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of the duration of this crisis<\/strong>,\u201d Jean-Christian Heintz, Wideangle LNG consulting director, told EnterpriseAM. \u201cAs a rule of thumb, if we are talking about one week of shortage, you see that this already translates into 2% of annual LNG production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">The logistical chokepoint<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Aramco halted operations at some of Ras Tanura refinery\u2019s units following a drone strike <\/strong><strong>in the area <\/strong>\u2014 shutting the plant as a precaution, sources told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/saudi-arabia-s-ras-tanura-refinery-shuts-down-after-drone-attack\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>, in what appears to be the first direct strike on oil infrastructure in this round of hostilities. The 550k bbl \/ d facility \u2014 one of the kingdom\u2019s largest \u2014 sits on the Persian Gulf, directly exposed as maritime traffic through Hormuz grinds to a near-halt. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>QatarEnergy <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-02\/european-gas-rallies-more-than-30-as-qatar-halts-lng-production\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">shut down<\/a><\/strong><strong> LNG production after an Iranian drone hit Ras Laffan<\/strong>, the world\u2019s largest export facility, sending European gas prices soaring more than 50%. The company, which supplies about a fifth of global LNG, has declared force majeure on its LNG contracts. While Asian buyers dominate Middle Eastern LNG demand, the disruption is expected to intensify global competition for supplies, driving prices higher across markets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> \u201cStopping production means you implicitly believe that you will have a tank-top problem, so you will have an issue of not being able to off-take all the production because you obviously have a limited amount of storage,\u201d Heintz adds. \u201cIt also means that you are ready to undergo a potentially very long and costly restart process, as generally those plants are not designed for being shut down. It\u2019s quite a big move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>It's definitely out of character: <\/strong>QatarEnergy is \u201cvery careful about the reputation and the reliability of their supplies. They don't want to be in that gray zone where [buyers] don't know exactly when [supplies] will be loaded and when they will be delivered,\u201d Heintz notes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">The oil fallout<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>With 15 mn bbl \/ d currently blocked from the market<\/strong>, analysts at Wood Mackenzie and Barclays warn that Brent could surpass USD 100 \/ bbl as a geopolitical risk premium is baked into every barrel that can still reach a pipe or a port.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Iran <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kpler.com\/blog\/us-iran-conflict-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-reshapes-global-oil-markets\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ramped up exports<\/a><\/strong><strong> in anticipation of US-strikes to multi-year highs <\/strong><strong>last month<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>Any near-term production loss will not be felt immediately due to this buffer, as the majority of these barrels have cleared physical storage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>But it's got an achilles heel:<\/strong> While Iran has the world's fourth-largest reserves, 90% of its crude flows from a single export terminal: Kharg Island. Though the terminal has recently drained its inventories and stepped up exports, any strike there could freeze some 3 mn bpd of exports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The disruption will hit Asian markets hardest, as they <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kpler.com\/blog\/us-iran-conflict-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-reshapes-global-oil-markets\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">uptake 45.7%<\/a><\/strong><strong> of their total crude load <\/strong><strong>and 29.5% of their gasoline via the strait.<\/strong> Countries like Japan, China, and India \u2014 which rely on the Middle East for the vast majority of their crude \u2014 are facing immediate supply gaps as tankers are unable to exit the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Europe isn\u2019t out of the woods \u2013\u2013 <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kpler.com\/blog\/us-iran-conflict-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-reshapes-global-oil-markets\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">up to 30%<\/a><\/strong><strong>of Europe\u2019s jet fuel supply comes from the <\/strong><strong>S<\/strong><strong>trait of Hormuz<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>\u201cIndustry-wide, the price of oil \u2014 and therefore jet fuel \u2014 is also of significant concern. The higher prices rise, and the longer they stay there, the wider the impact will be felt,<strong>\u201d <\/strong>Ian Petchenik, director of Communications at Flightradar24, told EnterpriseAM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Russia could reap the biggest rewards of this crisis. <\/strong>With the region\u2019s supply facing logistical disruption, both India and China could be compelled to deepen reliance on Russia\u2019s supply, Kpler analysts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kpler.com\/blog\/us-iran-conflict-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-reshapes-global-oil-markets\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">speculate<\/a>. India, faced with the most acute near-term exposure to the closure, is expected to pivot towards Russian crude quickly due to its proximity and established logistics channels. China has been curbing its uptake of Russia crude as of late, but will likely up its intake if the conflict persists beyond a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>China has a buffer to deal with the supply crunch in the short-term<\/strong>, retaining a significant crude reserve accumulated during the period of global oversupply. This supply positions China well as a potential re-exporter to third markets if the crisis deepens. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">The LNG & LPG fallout<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The global LNG supply relies on the corridor<\/strong>, with Qatar accounting for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kpler.com\/blog\/us-iran-conflict-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-reshapes-global-oil-markets\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">roughly 20%<\/a> of the world's supply. LNG shipments are currently paralyzed, with at least 11 Qatari LNG tankers pausing mid-voyage, according to ship-tracking <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/world\/middle-east\/us-iran-war-live-updates-trump-warns-of-further-strikes-with-a-force-never-seen-before-after-death-of-khamanei-relataliatory-strikes-hit-nations-across-the-middle-east-20260301-p5o6e5.html?post=p59zua\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>India will feel the biggest blow<\/strong>, with up to 85% of its LPG supply having to traverse the strait. \u201cIt's not a trivial number or a trivial product to be substituted with anything,\u201d Kpler Director of Oil and Tanker Research Andon Pavlov explains (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gmtgf14un_0\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">watch, runtime: 6:10)<\/a>. There are \u201cvery limited\u201d alternative supply options for LPG leaving the corridor, he says, deeming the duration risk for the commodity impact as high.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Bangladesh, Thailand, and Japan <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/jean-christian-heintz_what-if-no-qatari-lng-lets-look-share-7433577855877287937-hlKc\/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAACxR4pABvSbcxsBMUc-IOBf0VI1XWqO_Tx0\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">could look towards<\/a><\/strong><strong> Australia<\/strong>, which has been upping its LNG production capacity. Australia <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ieefa.org\/australian-gas-and-lng-tracker\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">still remains<\/a> the largest exporter of LNG to Asia, with a 30% share, despite Qatar\u2019s market stake increasing last year, making it the region\u2019s second largest supplier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What\u2019s the differentiating factor?<\/strong> \u201cFor India and Pakistan, being deprived of Qatari LNG has more impact for them because they would need to venture far away from the supply basin,\u201d Heintz explained. \u201cWhereas for Southeast Asia, on top of the existing volumes that Qatar is supplying, the natural sellers are Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia because of the proximity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>At the end of the day, it\u2019s not only proximity, but it\u2019s also going to be about cost. <\/strong>US supplies could be tapped as an alternative option to an LNG supply crunch, but its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/commodities\/us-lng-industry-risks-becoming-victim-its-own-success-2025-09-22\/#:~:text=But%20the%20U.S.%20LNG%20industry,some%20production%2C%20ceding%20market%20share.\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">capacity limitations<\/a> may not allow it to handle filling the volume-gap. \u201cSome US LNG, although it\u2019s very far, will be delivered. The spot LNG volumes will be delivered to those remote places. The consequences of that, of course, is that it will sponge up some volume in the Atlantic Basin, because if some US volumes are diverted to markets that do not receive Qatari LNG East of Suez, that means that there\u2019s going to be less US LNG in the Atlantic Basin,\u201d Heintz clarified. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Uninsured waters <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Ins. cover pulled amid uncertainty in the Strait: <\/strong>As we await clarity on what will happen to the Strait of Hormuz, ins. providers are already pulling cover from the Gulf. Gard, Skuld, NorthStandard, the London P&I Club, and the American Club all issued cancellation notices, effective 5 March, that switch off war risk cover for ships trading in Iranian, Gulf, and adjacent waters. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The market is shifting toward negotiated pricing<\/strong>, with Skuld flagging a buyback option for owners who still want to trade in the zone, and brokers flagging negotiated coverage at higher rates. Prices could jump by as much as 50%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">What\u2019s next? <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Transit risks through Hormuz are already a reality. <\/strong>\u201cSome energy tankers still continue through the waterway, but transits will likely slow over the coming days, impacting actual supplies for crude oil and LNG,\u201d Schmit explained. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Shipping rates and ins. costs will only make this more difficult, as those are impacted as <\/strong><strong>well.<\/strong> \u201cThe full damage to supply curtailments will take a few days to become visible and depends largely on how risky actual transit through the strait remains,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Insurers have warned they will cancel war-risk coverage and raise premiums sharply. <\/strong>\u201cThe ins. costs are so high that no vessel can afford or wants to risk going through the Strait at this time,\u201d Kpler Opec+ and Middle East head analyst Said Bakr <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gmtgf14un_0\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. We can start to \u201cthink about [Hormuz] like the Red Sea situation, or even worse than that,\u201d Pavlov added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>We\u2019re keeping an eye on GCC infrastructure resilience.<\/strong> If critical export infrastructure \u2013\u2013 particularly Jebel Ali or Ras Tanura \u2013\u2013 is impacted by Iran\u2019s strikes, a severe and instant supply chain impact would be felt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Background<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>At least 150 crude oil and LNG tankers are currently idle off the coasts of the UAE, Oman, <\/strong><strong>and Kuwait.<\/strong> Major shipping giants Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, Nippon Yusen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/mkelly782_iran-gulf-levant-share-7434133729410998272-aW7h\/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACT9L64BQS3XU8pGoZ1U9QlaZo8LzQJ9_fc\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">have suspended<\/a> all transits through the waterway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A couple of vessels traversed the strait \u2013\u2013 mainly Iranian and Chinese ships \u2013\u2013 indicating <\/strong><strong>that the lane isn\u2019t completely shut off<\/strong>, according to data shared by Pavlov. That said, \u201cindiscriminate shooting from Iranian coast guard ships, with some reports of having hit Iranian vessels themselves,\u201d are dissuading anyone from entering the passage. Ships have already been <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/mkelly782_unconfirmed-iranian-tasnim-news-agency-share-7434279708336279552-LgfD\/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACT9L64BQS3XU8pGoZ1U9QlaZo8LzQJ9_fc\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted<\/a> for \u201c <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iran-confirms-attack-on-oil-tanker-for-defying-orders-not-to-cross-strait-of-hormuz\/3845115\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">illegally<\/a> \u201d passing through the strait. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                    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falling debris from a drone or missile interception.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/uae-lender-adcb-reports-platform-outages-after-iranian-strikes-2026-03-02\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a><\/strong><strong> yesterday that \u201cregional IT disruptions\u201d<\/strong> were behind problems clients were having accessing its mobile banking and contact center services. We were also impacted: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.com\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">EnterpriseAM.com<\/a> is one of the many services hosted on AWS out of the UAE, and our site was down for more than a day after the incident, forcing us to use a backup in another jurisdiction. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why it matters: Data center outages in the UAE and Bahrain were a wake-up call for the <\/strong><strong>digital economy<\/strong>, exposing centralized data centers as a critical infrastructure vulnerability that businesses across MENA had previously ignored. The attacks on data centers will also challenge the Gulf\u2019s image as a secure hub for AI infrastructure \u2014 and could yet force a reassessment of physical security risks amid multi-bn-USD data center investments in both the UAE and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\"> What happened?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>An Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in Dubai caught fire<\/strong> on Sunday morning after being struck by unspecified \u201cobjects,\u201d prompting the local fire department to cut power to the facility, including backup generators. The incident occurred on the same day Iranian ballistic missiles struck targets across the GCC, including the UAE and Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Is it really that simple?<\/strong> AWS services are designed to withstand a single data center failure, but the outage spread to a second group of data centers, triggering a double failure that bypassed standard redundancies. At the same time, a power failure in Bahrain knocked out a single zone, taking other racks offline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>As of Monday night, we understand that full restoration of the two damaged data center <\/strong><strong>zones will take at least another day<\/strong>, with both physical cooling and power systems undergoing repairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Why it matters<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Data centers and their supporting energy infrastructure are now targets of war<\/strong> on par with oil and gas facilities. Taking them down is a fast way to disrupt government services, businesses, and financial institutions, raising the cost of the conflict \u2014 something Tehran seems keen to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The data center landscape is highly centralized<\/strong>, Saudi semiconductor design company Rimal\u2019s CEO Houssam Salem tells EnterpriseAM, adding that a handful of companies control most on-the-ground capacity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Regulations (and quiet pressure) on data sovereignty help keep things that way. <\/strong>Governments across the region have a host of reasons for wanting data about their country (and their residents and businesses) to stay within borders. In our corner of the world, the big issue of the day isn\u2019t \u201cdata privacy\u201d as it is in the west, but where data lives and who has access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Simple economics also mean that clusters of data centers make good sense \u2014 until they <\/strong><strong>don\u2019t. <\/strong>The economics of hyperscale AI \u201cpush states toward establishing AI hubs which concentrate massive power supply, cooling capacity, and fiber connectivity co-located in a single campus to maximize efficiency,\u201d Rihla Research & Advisory CEO Jesse Marks said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jessemarks.substack.com\/p\/what-the-iran-war-means-for-gulf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">note<\/a>. While this is more economically viable, a single strike can take down an entire AI stack, as is evident by the AWS outage, calling into question how builders of AI clusters currently under construction will help harden infrastructure and design fallbacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Salem argues this centralization is going to change in the near future<\/strong> as more data centers come online across the region. Gulf states could also resort to embedding frameworks in their existing contracts with hyperscalers, allowing critical systems to be shifted to secure facilities in allied countries within minutes of a disruption, Marks suggests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">The context<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Considering security risks to AI infrastructure is now a pressing priority<\/strong> if the UAE and Saudi want to become global hubs of compute. The GCC data center market is projected to hit USD 9.5 bn by 2030, buoyed by sovereign capital flows into hyperscale, AI-native infrastructure by the UAE\u2019s G42 and Saudi PIF\u2019s Humain. Humain\u2019s data centers \u2014 currently under construction \u2014 were set to come online this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Regional stability is among the top selling points for those looking to attract AI <\/strong><strong>investment to our part of the world.<\/strong> \u201cThe challenge now is to ensure that the digital infrastructure [countries in MENA] are building commands the same strategic protection they have long afforded their energy assets,\u201d says Marks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/tag\/data-centers\/\">DATA CENTERS<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/tag\/g42\/\">G42<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/tag\/humain\/\">Humain<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"92413\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"92413\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">5<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">Also on Our Radar<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/03\/03\/aramex-is-now-a-100-owner-of-irelands-hawthorne-logistics-solutions\/\">\r\n                            Aramex now owns 100% of Hawthorne Logistics Solutions                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/03\/03\/aramex-is-now-a-100-owner-of-irelands-hawthorne-logistics-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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The fully equity-financed transaction carries a potential earnout of up to EUR 1.7 mn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This is less about scale and more about stitching routes: <\/strong>The acquisition bolsters Aramex\u2019s European freight footprint and deepens its cross-border play, with management pointing to synergies, efficiency gains, and cross-selling upside. 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style=\"\">CargoIS Forum<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Miami, United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>9-13 March (Monday-Friday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCALtd\/posts\/get-ready-the-official-website-for-the-wca-worldwide-conference-2026-is-launchin\/1070064335151993\/\" style=\"\">World Cargo Alliance Worldwide Conference<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Singapore. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>10-12 March (Tuesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iata.org\/en\/events\/all\/world-cargo-symposium\/\" style=\"\">World Cargo Symposium<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Lima, Peru.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>18-19 March (Wednesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intralogistex.co.uk\" style=\"\">IntraLogisteX<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Birmingham, United Kingdom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>18-19 March (Wednesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netzerocompare.com\/events\/green-marine-transport-2026\" style=\"\">Green Marine Transport Conference<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>26 March (Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinemoney.com\/events-2-0-2\/2026-gulf-ship-finance-forum\" style=\"\">Gulf Ship Finance Forum<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Dubai, UAE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">APRIL<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>12-15 April (Sunday-Wednesday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zumizointernational.com\/trade-shows\/saudi-smart-logistics\/\" style=\"\">Saudi Smart Logistics<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>16-17 April (Thursday-Friday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferenziaworld.com\/global-supply-chain-and-logistics-summit\/#:~:text=16th%20%2D%2017th%20April%202026%20\/%20Amsterdam,Logistic%20Summit%20Introduction\" style=\"\">Global Supply Chain and Logistics Summit<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>28-30 April (Tuesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportevents.com\/product\/portugal26\/\" style=\"\">Mediterranean Ports and Logistics<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Porto, Portugal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">MAY<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>12-14 May (Tuesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theairportshow.com\/en-gb\/visit.html\" style=\"\">The Airport Show<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Dubai, UAE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>12-14 May (Tuesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iata.org\/en\/events\/all\/iata-aviation-energy-forum\/\" style=\"\">Aviation Energy Forum (AEF)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Paris, France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>19-21 May (Tuesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iata.org\/en\/events\/all\/iata-ground-handling-conference\/\" style=\"\">Ground Handling Conference (IGHC)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Cairo, Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>19-21 May (Tuesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocworldwide.com\/en\/home.html\" style=\"\">Terminal Operations Conference & Exhibition<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Hamburg, Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">JUNE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;line-height:1.15;margin-right:-9pt;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;orphans:2;margin-bottom:0;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>2-4 June (Tuesday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propakmena.com\" style=\"\">ProPak Mena<\/a><\/span><span 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