{"id":113593,"date":"2026-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/?p=113593"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:25:00","slug":"also-on-our-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/2026\/04\/03\/also-on-our-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Also on Our Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Launching new terminals despite the war<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Mawani <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mawani.gov.sa\/article?news=310326&language=ar\" style=\"\">kicked off<\/a><\/strong><strong> operations at the Jubail commercial port <\/strong><strong>container <\/strong><strong>terminal<\/strong> under a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/06\/24\/mawani-signs-sar-2-2-bn-contracts-for-terminals-at-eight-ports\/\" style=\"\">privatization agreement<\/a> with Saudi Global Ports (SGP) \u2014 a JV between the PIF and Singapore\u2019s PSA International \u2014 backed by more than SAR 2 bn in investment. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Jubail was pulled into the conflict\u2019s risk perimeter<\/strong>, with cargo flows diverted, nearby waters exposed to attacks, and the broader Gulf system effectively frozen. That makes pushing ahead with the terminal read as a deliberate choice to stay the course on a pre-war expansion play rather than pause or reprice risk, positioning the port to capture flows if routing stabilizes.<\/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\">Air traffic picks up for Egypt, Jordan<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Passenger traffic at Cairo International Airport was <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.com\/african-aviation-data\" style=\"\">up<\/a><\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.com\/african-aviation-data\" style=\"\">10.2% y-o-y<\/a><\/strong><strong> in March despite the <\/strong><strong>war<\/strong>, with 1.7 mn people passing through. The news came as Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air said it was aiming to boost its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asharqbusiness.com\/economics\/125863\/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-240-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7\/\" style=\"\">flight volumes<\/a> to Egypt by as much as 300% by the end of 2027, focusing heavily on routes that would ferry an estimated 4 mn tourists to Egyptian destinations from Central and Eastern Europe. Wizz last month added <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/wizz-air-says-its-boosting-flights-sharm-el-sheikh-amid-iran-war-2026-03-02\/\" style=\"\">capacity into Sharm El Sheikh<\/a> to capture travelers looking for alternatives to routes closed by the war. <\/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\">Turkey gets USD 2 bn from World Bank<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Turkey is getting USD 2 bn from the World Bank to finance the Istanbul North Rail <\/strong><strong>Crossing Project<\/strong> after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2026\/03\/31\/world-bank-approves-2-billion-financing-to-strengthen-turkiye-rail-connectivity-across-the-istanbul-strait#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%2C%20March%2031%2C,linking%20Europe%2C%20Asia%2C%20and%20the\" style=\"\">the lender approved<\/a> the loan earlier this week. The project entails building a new high-capacity line across the Bosporus Strait to link Europe and Asia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shipping, energy, and rail financing updates from across the region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2569],"tags":[2661,2568,2660,2538,2663,2662,2664,2665],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-113593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-adfw","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-data-security","tag-enterpriseam","tag-google","tag-online-safety","tag-pharma","tag-uae-drug-regulation","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"c651113e-39e7-4c90-b7d4-565c1805b796","order":"5","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/4\/91.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Also on Our Radar","related_issue":[113585],"teaser":"Shipping, energy, and rail financing updates from across the region"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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