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Sharaf Shipping Agency LLC - Dubai (UAE) (ID: 17541)
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Logistics management, shipping services, distribution logistics, cargo tracking, warehouse logistics:Sharaf Shipping Agency Select a Service Agency Services Cargo Booking & Tracking Project Cargo Handling Bunkering & Crew Change Provision & Storage Supply Dry Docking Husbandry Chartering & Broking Freight Forwarding Logistics Management Shipping Schedules U.A.E port Information Vessel Disbursement Berthing Prospects Network Established at Dubai - United Arab Emirates in 1976 Serving ship owners, managers, charterers, locally & globally Individual attention by the entire team Quick turnaround of vessels ensured ISO 9002 certified company About SSA Company Profile Quality Policy Principals Why Us Services Agency Services Freight Forwarding Shipping Schedules Chartering & Broking Cargo Booking & Tracking Online Cargo booking Track your cargo Online Vessel Disbursement Calculate your port expenses with our disbursement form Network Wide network of offices and associates assists in quick dispatch of vessels Berthing Prospect Check UAE port status in a nutshell. Chartering & Forwarding Exclusive and non-exclusive brokers Good relations with trading houses for long term contracts or COAs Efficient post fixture handling, voyage analysis Logistics Management Warehousing and distribution logistics for facilitation of trading activities in the region Vessel Progress Report Check day to day status of vessels in port. UAE Port Information Location, depth, working, hours, equipments, storage facilities, tariffs & other information Contact US Feedback form & Contact address DUBAI P.O. BOX 576, TEL + 971 4 3520555, FAX + 971 4 3520531, Telex: 46608 SHARAF EM Email : info@sharafshipping.com Disclaimer UAE Port Information, location, equipments, storage facilities, Sharjah, Jebel Ali, Dubai, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi, Khorfakkan This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. About Sharaf Shipping This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. About Sharaf Shipping This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. 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Logistics management, shipping services, distribution logistics, cargo tracking, warehouse logistics:Sharaf Shipping Agency Select a Service Agency Services Cargo Booking & Tracking Project Cargo Handling Bunkering & Crew Change Provision & Storage Supply Dry Docking Husbandry Chartering & Broking Freight Forwarding Logistics Management Shipping Schedules U.A.E port Information Vessel Disbursement Berthing Prospects Network Established at Dubai - United Arab Emirates in 1976 Serving ship owners, managers, charterers, locally & globally Individual attention by the entire team Quick turnaround of vessels ensured ISO 9002 certified company About SSA Company Profile Quality Policy Principals Why Us Services Agency Services Freight Forwarding Shipping Schedules Chartering & Broking Cargo Booking & Tracking Online Cargo booking Track your cargo Online Vessel Disbursement Calculate your port expenses with our disbursement form Network Wide network of offices and associates assists in quick dispatch of vessels Berthing Prospect Check UAE port status in a nutshell. Chartering & Forwarding Exclusive and non-exclusive brokers Good relations with trading houses for long term contracts or COAs Efficient post fixture handling, voyage analysis Logistics Management Warehousing and distribution logistics for facilitation of trading activities in the region Vessel Progress Report Check day to day status of vessels in port. UAE Port Information Location, depth, working, hours, equipments, storage facilities, tariffs & other information Contact US Feedback form & Contact address DUBAI P.O. BOX 576, TEL + 971 4 3520555, FAX + 971 4 3520531, Telex: 46608 SHARAF EM Email : info@sharafshipping.com Disclaimer Services Menu Agency Services Cargo Booking & Tracking Project Cargo Handling Bunkering & Crew Change Vessel Progress Report Berthing Prospects Provision & Storage Supply Dry Docking Husbandry Chartering & Broking Freight Forwarding Logistics Management Shipping Schedules U.A.E port Information Vessel Disbursement Email Disclaimer Sharaf Shipping Agencies, International Shipping News // load global_article array with articles from cluster if (article != null) } About Menu Agency Services Cargo Booking & Tracking Project Cargo Handling Bunkering & Crew Change Vessel Progress Report Berthing Prospects Provision & Storage Supply Dry Docking Husbandry Chartering & Broking Freight Forwarding Logistics Management Shipping Schedules U.A.E port Information Vessel Disbursement Email Disclaimer About Us Sharaf Shipping Agency offers a range of shipping services and solutions. It Represents Container Lines Dry Bulk Cargo Carriers Tankers and Product Carriers Car Carriers Passenger and Naval Ships With over 25 years in this field, Sharaf Shipping Agency is your experienced guide in this region to serve all your needs. Ship owners, charterers and global clients can benefit from Sharaf Shipping Agency’s professional team that offers individual attention. Quick turnaround of vessels equipment and cost effective operations. Latest communication facilities & accessibility -24 hours a day on line. Focus on reduction of cargo claims and claims handling. A company with a progressive attitude. Who we are Sharaf Shipping Agency. At a Glance Established in 1976 Fully UAE-owned and managed ISO 9002 certified Strong financial integrity and standing in the local market Proven track record of impeccable performance Sustained investment in human resources Emphasis on usage of Information Technology to provide on line information. BIMCO member Offices at all major ports in United Arab Emirates, Arabian Gulf and Sultanate of Oman. Associates in India, South Africa and Tanzania Insurance through the globally renowned TT and ITIC club Bank references Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. (HSBC) National Bank of Dubai, UAE Quality Policy Quality is our strength Our absolute commitment to quality keeps usenergized in providing superior service to our customers, principles and colleagues. The intensity of this force keeps our attention focused toensure: Meet customer’s requirement for logistics. Satisfaction to all our external and internal customers. C ontinuous investment in human resources & Information technology systems . To deliver a zero defect service at all times. A Quality System that is dynamic and way of life. About Us Sharaf Shipping Agency represents the following principals with the aim to provide all its customers with valuable services all times. Represents Container Lines K Line Wan Hai Line Hoyer-Odfjell Tank Containers Dry Bulk Cargo Carriers Pan Ocean Shipping Company Ltd. Conti Lines Azov Shipping Company Tankers and Product Carriers Odfjell Seachem Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd Car Carriers K Line Cable Ships E-marine Why us? Why Sharaf Shipping Agency Native Company with long term investment and commitment ISO 9002 DNV certified Ensuring cost effectiveness and quick turn around of vessels Development of human resources and continuous investment in I.T. related Technology. Ensures protection of owners/charters interest at all times Proven financial integrity Offices in Dubai, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Khorfakkan, Ajman and Fujairah Best combination of U.A.E. ownership, Management and Multi-National Executives Guaranteed total dedication ‘Independent Entity Concept’ Non-conflicting interest, customer servicing and satisfaction Logical and dynamic business analysis Agency Services AGENCY SERVICES Sharaf Shipping Agency with its widerepresentation has excelled in providing quality service to Container Vessels On line documentation and equipment control at multi locations Exchange of information through EDI Continuously exploring market forbeneficial avenues Tankers Excellent liaison with Shippers and Consignees Good understanding of terminal requirements, safe working practices and methods Arrangement of delivery supplies and crew changes, alongside Or in stream Car carriers Efficient handling of vehicles within the port area. Segregation of marking of the vehiclesfor different ports. Cruise vessels Arranging visas and hotel accommodation for joining and departing passengers Arranging sightseeing tours, desert safaris Excellent rapport with Local Authorities and Airlines Staff for Smooth transfers and bookings for the tourists Dry cargo / Tramp Vessels Cost effective vessel handling Round the clock 24-hrs service Prevention of damage to cargo and claims Freight Forwarding FREIGHT FORWARDING Identification of opportunities Wide network of offices in the region Door to door logistics services Consolidation and onforwarding jobs undertaken Freight Consultancy Geared to handle customers requirements for sea, land or air transport Customs clearance arrangements and forwarding Shipping Schedules Container Lines K-Line AMA Schedule K-Line CSG Schedule K-Line MEX Schedule Dry Bulk Cargo Carriers Pan Ocean Shipping CompanyLtd. Schedule Conti Lines Product Carriers Odfjell Tankers Scedule Trampers Car Carriers K Line Scedule Chartering & Brokering CHARTERING & BROKERING Complimenting its inherent strength in the agency business Exclusive and non-exclusive brokers Good relations with trading houses for long term contracts or COAs In position to provide Market reports Efficient post fixture handling, voyage analysis Liaison with charterers and owners for settlement of disbursement accounts and account statements Wide network of offices and associates assists in quick dispatch of vessels at Arabian Gulf Ports Menu BOOKING ENQUIRY Please fill this form and click submit. Our customer service desk will be pleased to revert with your query Customer Name Telephone Fax: Email Address: Conatct Person Expected shipment date Cargo Type Port of Loading Port of Discharge Query Send me more information Cargo Tracking CARGO TRACKING Please fill this form and click submit. Our customer service desk will be pleased to revert with your query Customer Name Telephone Fax: Email Address: Conatct Person Carrier B / I Number Contr Number Query Send me more information Freight Forwarding Online Disbursements Please click on the icons & download the Proforma Disbursements Break Bulk Proforma RORO Proforma Tanker Proforma Jebel Ali Sharjah Fujairah New Page 2 This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Contact Menu Agency Services Cargo Booking & Tracking Project Cargo Handling Bunkering & Crew Change Vessel Progress Report Berthing Prospects Provision & Storage Supply Dry Docking Husbandry Chartering & Broking Freight Forwarding Logistics Management Shipping Schedules U.A.E port Information Vessel Disbursement Email Disclaimer NETWORK NETWORK UAE Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 7425 Tel: (02) 6710700 Fax:(02) 6710380 E-mail: sharafad@emirates.net.ae Dubai P.O. Box 576 Tel: (04) 3520555 Fax: (04) 3520531 E-mail: shashp@emirates.net.ae Sharjah P.O. Box 4840 Tel: 06 5596325 Fax: 06 5595340 E-mail: shashp@emirates.net.ae Ras Al Khaimah P O Box 5130 Tel : (07) 2668836 Fax : (07) 2668835 E-mail: shashp@emirates.net.ae Branches Ajman, Fujairah, Khorfakkan, Jebel Al Dhanna, Jebel Ali Qatar Sultanate of Oman Doha National Shipping & Marine Services Co P.O.Box: 23113 Corniche Road 48C Ring Road Doha , Qatar Tel: 00974 4358333 Fax: 00974 4355446 Email: nsm@qatar.net.qa Muscat P.O. Box 1179, Jibroo, P.C. 114 Muscat, Oman Tel: (968) 771 4040 Fax: (968) 771 0194 E-mail: sharaf@omantel.net.om Branches: Salalah & Sur Other Offices in : Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq and major ports of Arabian Gulf INDIA Mumbai Samsara Shipping Pvt Ltd101, Technopolis Knowledge Park Chakala, Andheri EastMumbai 400 093 Tel:91 (22) 6965150 Fax:91 (22) 6965160 E-mail: comm@samsarashipping.com Delhi M-71, (FF) M Block Market Greater Kailash Part II New Delhi 110 048 Tel :91 11 6238000 Fax :91 11 648 2365 E-mail: samsdel@satyam.net.in Chennai 4/3rd Floor Salzburg Square 107, Harrington Road Chetput, Chennai 600 631 Tel :91 44 8235801 Fax :91 44 8235805 E-mail: samschn@satyam.net.in Calcutta 4th Floor # 8/1A Little Russel Street Calcutta 700 071 Tel :91 33 2823085 Fax :91 33 2824362 E-mail: samscal@vsnl.com Other offices in: JNPT, Cochin, Kandla, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Mangalore SOUTH AFRICA Durban 381 Berea Road - 4001 P.O. Box 50195 Tel: 27 (31) 201 6078 Fax: 27 (31) 204 9310 E-mail: hkoh@diamondship.co.za Johannesburg 10th Floor, Norwich Life Towers 13 Fredman Drive Sandton 2196 P.O. Box784383 Sandton 2146 Tel: 27(11) 883 1561 Fax: 27 (11) 883 4355 E-mail: joburg@diamondship.co.za Capetown 14th Floor, Trust Bank Centre Heerengracht, Capetown 8001 P.O. Box 820, Capetown Tel: 27 (21) 419 2734 Fax: 27 (21) 419 2834 Email: cape@diamondship.co.za Port Elizabeth Suite 1, No. 7 Heugh Road Walmer, Port Elizabeth 6070 P.O. Box 13714 Humewood, Port Elizabeth 6013 Tel: 27 (41) 51 6831 Fax: 27 (41) 51 6836 Email: plz@diamondship.co.za Richards Bay 5th Floor, South Wing Lakeview Terrace 7 Trinidand parking area P.O. Box 1389 Richards Bay 3900 Tel: 27 (351) 97 9078 Fax: 27 (351) 97 9079 Email: rbay@diamondship.co.za Saldhana Bay Diamond Shipping Pty.Ltd P.O. Box 820 Tel: 27 (22) 7143449 Fax: 27 (22) 7143252 E-mail: mark@diamondship.co.za East Africa Tanzania Diamond Shipping Services Ltd P.O Box 75970 Dar-es-Salaam Tel: 255 22 2150660 Fax: 255 22 2150100 Email: diamondshipping@simbanet.net Kenya Diamond Shipping Services Ltd 9 th Floor, Bandari Wing Cannom Tower II Building P.O Box 1185 Mombasa, Kenya Tel: 254 228810 Fax: 254 311534 E-mail: diamondshipping@ikenya.com Europe Denmark Sharaf Group Solkaer 14, Udsholt, 3250, Gilleleje, Denmark Tel : + 45 48 31 99 16 Fax : + 45 48 31 99 19 Email: omoshoj@sharafeurope.com Logistic Management LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Sharaf Shipping Agencya strong link in the supply chain, is actively involved in third party logistics,warehousing and distribution logistics for facilitation of trading activities in theregion. Our Focus Just in time inventory management Value Addition Cost Effective Handling, Storage &Distribution Services EDI capabilities and online access On line Replenishments Infrastructure Custom built warehouse with over 225,000 sq.feet Temperature controlled warehouse (+ 18 Deg. C) Dedicated material handling equipment Integrated warehouse Management Systems Experienced Personnel Service Features Handling from point of Discharge toIn-Warehouse Sort, Segregate, Repack Handle all Customs Documentation &Formalities Arrange Deliver / Distribution Tailor Made Logistic Solutions Freight Forwarding VESSEL PROGRESS REPORT Click here to download Vessel Progress Report UAE Port Informations UAE Port Informations PORT RASHID, DUBAI General Information Equipments Storage Facilities Tariffs: JEBEL ALI, DUBAI General Information Equipments Storage Facilities Tariffs: MINA ZAYED,ABU DHABI General Information Equipments Storage Facilities Tariffs: PORT KHALID,SHARJAH General Information Equipments Storage Facilities Tariffs: FUJAIRAH General Information Equipments Storage Facilities Tariffs: KHORFAKKAN General Information Equipments Storage Facilities Tariffs: Menu TEL 00 971 4 3520555 FAX 00971 4 3520531 Email : info@sharafshipping.com Telex: 46608 SHARAF EM PO BOX 576 DUBAI- UAE New Page 3 This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Bunkering & Crew Change, dubai, UAE This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Berthing Prospects This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Provision & Storage Supply, Dubai, UAE This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Dry Docking Husbandry This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Sharaf Shipping Agencies, Regional Shipping News UAE DP World to attract foreign investors Posted: Trade Arabia, 16 May 2006 Dubai Ports World will seek to attract international investors with an initial public offering expected in the next 18 months, a company spokeswoman said. Dubai Ports, which acquired British ports operator P&O this year, said in November that it was planning an IPO within two years. Dubai Ports' holding company has issued a $3.5 billion Islamic bond, or sukuk, convertible into shares in any IPO. 'We have said since the sukuk that we would be IPOing within two years,' said Dubai Ports spokeswoman Sarah Lockey. 'It will happen within the next eighteen months ... We are a global business and we are looking at a matching shareholder profile.' She said the firm has not decided the exact timing of the flotation, where shares would be listed, or how much of the company would be sold. The sukuk, the largest of its kind ever issued, is listed on the Dubai International Financial Exchange, which unlike most Gulf Arab bourses is open to investors of any nationality. Dubai Ports has hired Dubai-based Shuaa Capital, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, and Dubai Islamic Bank to advise on the offering, the spokeswoman said. Dubai Ports completed its $6.85 billion takeover of P&O in March, but a US political storm over security concerns forced it to relinquish control of P&O's's assets in the US. DP world to continue US ties Posted: Trade Arabia, 11 May 2006 Dubai Ports (DP) World has announced that it would continue to focus on opportunities in the US markets following the enactment of new investment legislation, despite the recent setback. A Gulf News report quoted Mohammad Sharaf, chief executive as having said: "We, like other foreign investors, are awaiting the new legislation on foreign investment in the US, and continue to pursue investment in the country." A top US official termed the blockage as "unfortunate", saying the matter should not stand as an obstacle to the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between them. "Every country has manipulated trade to suit their needs. The DP World affair is unfortunate," former Senator George Mitchell told Gulf News yesterday. DPA to modernise Al Hamriya Posted: Gulf News, 03 May 2006 Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) will undertake major expansion and modernisation of Al Hamriyah Port in Dubai in line with its strategy to ensure continual development of all ports under its management in the UAE in order to meet the rapid growth in domestic and regional trade. The project will lead to increased storage and general cargo capacity at Al Hamriyah Port. The expansion involves three quays at the port, including augmentation of the commercial quay by 2.5 km in two phases. Major modernisation programmes have been envisioned for the adjacent fishing port, which include refurbishment of the port's quay to allow for smoother traffic flow, as well as the setting up of a boat-building unit and a multi-storey office building. In addition, the project includes construction of a quay exclusively for yachts. The new project will cover every aspect of operations at the Al Hamriyah Port, and is designed to enhance the port's role as a major re-exporting hub, especially within the UAE, by increasing its capacity to cater to the requirements of small and medium ships and by leveraging its strategic location in the heart of Dubai. Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulay-em, Executive Chairman of Dubai Ports Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), said, "The move to expand and modernise Al Hamriyah Port follows the directive of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in this regard. This project also comes in line with the strategy of DP World to ensure continual development of all its ports in the UAE. "With trade volume at Dubai Ports growing exponentially, it has become necessary to expedite completion of all port expansion and upgradation projects. Also, there is growing customer demand for raising the container handling capacity, which would require large-scale infrastructure development projects. "The expansion is a major step forward in fulfilling these requirements, and the project has been planned carefully enough to accommodate future demands," Bin Sulayem added. Adnan Al Abbar, DPA Chief Operations officer, said: "The expansion project at Al Hamriyah Port will be implemented in two phases. "The first phase will commence in early 2007, and will include the construction of three quays with a combined length of 1.2 km, whereas the second phase will begin in 2008, immediately after the completion of the first phase." The quay at the fishing port will be augmented by 57 per cent, significantly boosting the fishing trade. A seven-storey office building will be constructed on a total built-up area of 16,170 square metres, at an estimated cost of Dh55 million. Also to be constructed at the fishing port are a lodging facility for sailors and workers on a total land area of 1,750 square metres, and an 18,858 square metre boat-building unit. The fishing port will function as an independent unit, and will have a separate entrance. A 175-metre yacht quay will also be constructed at the Al Hamriyah Port to cater to the growing demand for an exclusive quay for yachts, following the boom in marine tourism in the region. DPA says the move is in line with its strategy to ensure continual development of all ports under its management in the UAE and meet the rapid growth in trade. KHORFAKKAN New KCT berth ready for business Posted:Trade Arabia, 16 April 2006 The new container berth at Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT), which is in its final stage, is ready for business, with 400 m quay wall and 16 m alongside draft complete. The four new latest state-of-the-art ship-to-shore Super Post Panamax gantry cranes have been installed and are operational, according to port officials, stated in the Khaleej Times.. The supporting yard equipment has already arrived and will be commissioned by the end of this month, giving a 25 per cent boost to the available berths and a 100 per cent increase in capacity. Overall, the new berth will raise the port's potential throughput to over three million TEUs (twenty feet equivalent units) a year, the port officials said. Located on the reverse side of the present facility, the multi-million dollar project will increase KCT's present 1,060 m of quay by 400 m. The new quay to be protected by an 800 m breakwater is designed to give maximum protection to the new berth, while at the same time providing the easiest possible access for 8,000 plus TEU capacity ships. The new state-of-the-art ship-to-shore Super Post Panamax gantry cranes will be backed up by sophisticated ground equipment, including new rubber-tyred gantries (RTGs) and road trains. The new ship-to-shore cranes will bring the total number of gantries in the port to 14. Barry Coughlan, director and general manager of Gulftainer Company, which has been managing and operating KCT on behalf of Sharjah Ports Authority for almost 20 years, said: "The new berth will make us one of the comparatively few ports in the world, which can handle huge 8,000 plus TEUs container ships now being built both in terms of being able to berth the vessels and work them efficiently." $ 3.89 BILLION, DUBAI MUNICIPALITY METRO LRT RAIL PROJECT CONTRACT AWARDED The ambitious Dubai Metro project, which aims to connect various parts of the mushrooming city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, has been awarded to Dubai Rapid Link Consortium (DURL) headed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan. The consortium comprises of four companies whose other members besides the leader MHI are Obayashi Corporation Japan Kajima Groups Japan and Yapi Merkezi Turkey The consortium won Usd 3.38 Billion / Dhs 12.45 Billion contract for the first phase of ( Red Line ) Dubai LRT railway project which would be constructed in two phases within a period of 55 months, with phase one taking 49 months and phase two ( Green Line ) 35 months. The consortium has also won a Dh 1.88 Billion contract to carry out maintenance of the project for 15 years. The total estimated cost of the project is Usd $3.89 Billion / Dirhams 14.33 billion BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT: The Dubai metro will have two phase with the Red Line and Green Line. A. 1st Rail way (so called RED LINE) Service leg is between Rashidiya and Jebel Ali via Air port terminal 1, Port Saeed, Union Square and Burjuman Center. Distance is total 52.1km and stations are elevated 25 and underground 4. In this portion, underground section is between Port Saeed and Burjman Center, 4.7 km and elevated line is 47.4 km. Tunnel excavation to start from Union Square . Trains will be driverless, fully automated which could run as often as one every four minutes B. 2nd Rail way ( so called GREEN LINE) Service leg is between Health Care City in Oud Meta and Dubai Airport Free Zone. Distance is total 16.83 km and number of stations 15. Construction of Phase two will embark 20 months into phase one- RED LINE Each train will be approximately 75 metres long, 44 units consisting of 5 cars each, with numerous double doors allowing fast and smooth flows of passengers at stations. They will be driverless, fully automated with state-of-the-art technology trains which would run as often as every four minutes with extensive window panels providing stunning views from the elevated sections over the cityscape. The Dubai Light Rail Project was born out of the visionary planning which foresaw the need to put in place modern and up-to-date Intelligent Transportation Systems to cater to the rapidly burgeoning city of Dubai, which expects 15 million visitors by 2010. The first phase of the project is expected to get completed by 2009. $ 245 MILLION, DUBAI PALM MONORAIL PROJECT CONTRACT AWARDED A turnkey contract to design, build and equip the proposed monorail system on Palm Jumeriah ( one out of 3 Palm projects ) in Dubai has been awarded to a Japan consortium headed by Hitachi Corporation. The consortium also includes Marubeni Corporation Japan Obayashi Corporation Japan Mitsui & Company Japan The contract is valued at more than Usd 245 Million / Dhs 900 Million which would take 33 months for completion. The monorail will run from the base of the palm up the spine to the crescent of the project. Four major stations are planned and are at the Base, Palm Tower, Village Centre and Theme Park at the crescent of the island. Two medium sized stations are designed to be built at the mid-point of the island s trunk and a small station is planned on the spine. Each train will have a capacity of 200 passengers. The project was retendered for incorporation of change in scope including extending the length of the monorail to seven-eight kilometers. The Hitachi consortium was opted by the client for its preference for a driver led monorail system held on steel beams rather than other designs of automated transport systems. In addition to building the transport system, the consortium will also provide rolling stock and maintain the system for five years. The USA based Pason Brinckerhoff is acting as the Project Manager for the monorail project which is also the P M for overall infrastructure works on the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. $ 2900 MILLION, NAKHEEL DUBAI, DREDGING AND RECLAMATION FOR PALM DEIRA PROJECT CONTRACT AWARDED The Dubai based property developer Nakheel has awarded a dredging and reclamation for Palm Deira to Van Oord Gulf, Netherlands. The value of the contact is estimated as Usd 2,900 Million. The scope of the project involves dredging of 1000 Million cubic meters of sand and placing of 40 Million tonnes of rock over a period of eight years. It is stated that the project would require about half of the world s current dredging fleet to complete the works within schedule. The contractor Van Oord has placed about 50 Million cubic meters out of total of 250 Million cubic meters for the Deira Corniche, under the scope of an earlier contract awarded in the year 2003. As per plans Palm Deira will have an area of more than 80 sqare kilometers and will be 14 kilometers long and 8.5 meters wide. The crescent will run for 21 kilometers and consists of districts and six water inlets. The Palm Deira will comprise of 41 fronds varying in length compared with 17 fronds of other palms. The project on completion will add an extra shore line of 400 kilometers to Dubai. ABU DHABI Iran Abu Dhabi gets new port and industrial zone Posted: Gulf News, 07 May 2006 Abu Dhabi yesterday announced that Dubai Ports World (DP World) will manage a new operating company created to develop the Dh8 billion plus Khalifa Port at Al Taweelah. The operations of Mina Zayed will also shift to the new Khalifa Port within five years. "Abu Dhabi Ports has created a subsidiary to manage port operations called Abu Dhabi Terminals. It will be managed by DP World," said Ahmad Saeed Al Calily, Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Ports Company. "Our objective is to act as an enabler for trade and development and facilitate its contribution to the national economy," Al Calily told a gathering before revealing the model of the new port and industrial zone. "As Abu Dhabi moves to diversify and drive economic growth it is clear that an empowered private sector will emerge to fulfil roles once provided by the government," said General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. "The port sector will play its part in that evolution. Quite clearly, the sector is in an unrivalled position to leverage Abu Dhabi's geographic and geopolitical advantages," Shaikh Mohamad said in a statement. Operations of Mina Zayed have been transferred to Abu Dhabi Terminals Company in collaboration with DP World. Last summer, a management agreement was signed with DP World for management and operation of Mina Zayed. Mina Zayed transfer Al Calily said work on the new port has started. "It is currently in the procurement stage and within five years, all operations will be transferred to Khalifa Port." He later told Gulf News that investment for the first phase in the new port will be Dh8 billion. "The figure for the second phase has not been finalised yet but it will be a sizeable investment, probably higher than the first phase." Facility to be located midway between cities ----The new port will be located midway between Abu Dhabi and Dubai at Taweelah. ----The Abu Dhabi Ports Company was established through Emiri Decree 06/2006. ----Abu Dhabi Terminals Company is the operating company to manage Mina Zayed and other terminals in the capital and beyond. ----Mina Zayed currently handles over 3.8 million tonnes of cargo. $ 300 MILLION, ADNOC ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL CO, NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FOR DISTRIBUTION FACILITY CONTRACT AWARDED The objective of the project is to provide a Natural Gas district network for industrial, commercial and residential customers in the areas of Abu Dhabi , Al Ain & Ruwais. Natural gas will be supplied from ADNOC's on shore facilities and supplied through GASCO pipeline infrastructure. The supplied gas will be then received at city gate stations which will supply gas into the distribution network. The gas will also require desulphurization units at either Maqta or locally at the city gate stations. A total of 11 city gate stations are expected to be built. The scope of work will also include the replacement of LPG containing systems which includes commercial and residential cylinders, Industrial process LPG containers, Industrial, commercial and residential water heating, replacement of air conditioning units by new units etc. Polyethylene piping of approximately 3000km of 4 bar capacity will be used for the distribution. The project is being carried out by ADNOC with GASCO and will be executed in two phases. $1 Billion, GASCO - HABSHAN GAS COMPLEX EXPANSION PROJECT EPC CONTRACT AWARDED GASCO - Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd, has awarded EPC contract to Flour in October 2005 for an expansion of Gas processing plant at Habshan. The facility will be wholly owned and operated by GASCO, who will also be responsible for the project implementation. The contract awarded is worth approximately $1 Billion. The objective of the project is to increase the gas processing and gas injection capacity. A new train with the capacity to process 350 MMSCFD will be installed. When the project gets completed the Habshan facility will have the capability to process 4.5 BSCFD. The scope will also include a new gas pipeline from Bab to Habshan, and from Bu Hasa to Habshan. There will also be a new NGL pipeline. The sulfur recovery unit will process the additional volumes of acid gas that will be produced once OGD III is completed. ADCO will also be supplied with gas for re-injection in the Bab field. The scope of Phase I involves the installation of a 360 million- cubic-feet-a-day (cf/d) gas processing train at Habshan to treat non-associated or associated gas and increasing gas injection capacity to 1,525 million cf/d from 1,100 million cf/d. During Phase II the gas plant at Asab will also have its capacity expanded from the existing 743 MMSCFD. In addition to this the facilities at Ruwais will be expanded to increase production of LPG and other products which will then be transported for storage at Takreer's facilities under the programme for Phase III. Phase III it will also be necessary to expand Takreer's storage capacity with which a new plant will be built south of Habshan for gas gathering, processing and re-injection . FACILITY PLANT EPC CONTRACT AWARDED Qatargas III has awarded an EPC contract to Technip - Chiyoda Joint Venture in Dec 2005 for construction of an LNG production facility plant at Messaieed/Ras Laffan . The approximate cost of the EPC contract is about USD 400,000,000. The project aims to develop 1.4 BSCFD of North Field Gas and to install Train 6 with a capacity of 7.5 MMTY Further to an earlier Agreement signed between QP and Conoco Phillips, the two parties will form a new entity called Qatargas III, with which the first phase of the project will supply 7.5 million tpy of LNG exclusively to the U.S. It is envisioned that supply to the US market will be over a 25 year period and will reach 1-1.2 BSCFD. ConocoPhillips will be responsible for building a receiving terminal and degasification facilities in the Gulf of Mexico and for distribution within the USA. A fleet of 12 LNG tankers, with a capacity of at least 200,000 cu meters each, will be required for the transportation of the gas. Under the terms of the agreement ConocoPhillips will purchase all of the offtake and be responsible for degasification and market it in the United States, which is the exclusively targeted market. The commencement of LNG delivery is expected by 2009. RUWAIS . Fertil joins hands with France's total to enhance urea production capacity Source: Gulf News, 04 April 2006 Abu Dhabi: The Ruwais Fertilizer Industries (Fertil), a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), is expanding its urea production in association with France's Total, a top Adnoc official said. "A detailed technical feasibility study for development of Fertil is being carried out with Total's participation to expand Fertil to have an additional urea production of 1.2 million tonnes per annum (tpa)," said Yousef Omeir Bin Yousef, CEO of Adnoc. "A granulation plant will also be built to supply the market with granulated urea, which is projected to have high future demand and to shut down the existing prilling tower and thus stop production of prilled urea," he told a news conference on Sunday. Fertil, Adnoc's first petrochemical unit, is a joint venture between Adnoc (66.7 per cent) and Total (33.3 per cent). Currently, Fertil produces 625,000 tpa of urea and 450,000 tpa of ammonia. "Fertil's yearly exports currently stand at 100,000 tpa of liquid ammonia and more than 625,000 tpa of urea (bulk and bagged)," he said. A debottlenecking project is on hand to convert surplus ammonia to urea and deliver the feedstock to the proposed Melamine plant coming up shortly in Ruwais, near Abu Dhabi. A Fertil official told Gulf News on Monday that of the 450,000 tpa of ammonia produced, 100,000 tpa is exported and the rest goes into urea production. "The new granulation plant will be ready by the fourth quarter of 2008 and the additional urea production of about 1.2 million tpa will come on stream in mid-2010," he said. Adnoc's second petrochemicals venture, the Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge), a $1.2 billion complex in Ruwais, includes a 600,000 tpa ethane cracker and two 225,000 tpa polyethylene plants. Expansion of Borouge is underway to include 1.44 million tpa of ethylene from an ethane cracker, a 540,000 tpa polyethylene plant and two 800,000 tpa polypropylene plants and associated facilities. "To export about 2 million tpa of products, a new approach to the supply chain mechanism is under study and Abu Dhabi ports will be the gateway for this export," said Bin Yousef. An Innovation Centre is also on the cards in Abu Dhabi to help the transfer of technology. "This may form the nucleus for future R&D activities in polyole-fins production and marketing," he said. AJMAN . Berth shortage hampering boat sales in UAE Posted: Gulfnews, 24 April 2006 A shortage of berthing space is hampering boat sales in the UAE, according to a leading boat manufacturer. UAE-based Gulf Craft, which makes about 400 vessels per year and sells 70 per cent of its products to overseas buyers, said it could sell 200 boats more each year if berths were freely available in the country. "The reason the boat industry cannot grow faster is because there is not enough parking space on water. The biggest problem is a lack of marinas," Gulf Craft executive manager Erwin Bamps told Gulf News. He said that Dubai's tourism boom has created new demand for cruise and luxury boats. "The influx of tourists will push boat sales. Developed tourist destinations normally have high boat ownership and use," Bamps said. The ongoing waterfront projects, particularly the Palm Islands and The World, will also increase demand for both pleasure and work boats. "The logistics of waterfront development is complex. Dubai will need a large number of patrol and supply vessels," he added. Gulf Craft aims to become a holding company as it ventures into marine services and boat component manufacturing. The company has entered into a joint venture with Italian firm Opacmari in March to make steel fittings and accessories for boats. "The production lines will be ready in six months. We are now hiring people and putting together the necessary infrastructure," Bamps said. The facility in Ajman will employ between 20 and 50 people. It will be mainly used for making products for overseas markets, Bamps said. Gulf Craft also hopes to create new divisions for exclusively handling services like boat maintenance. "We will formally become a holding company when we go public in 2007," Bamps said. The company recently announced that it will hold its initial public offering (IPO) next year. Gulf Craft has manufacturing facilities in Umm Al Quwain, Ajman and Dubai in the UAE and one factory in the Maldives. It reinforced its position as a top yacht supplier in December 2005 by taking over its competitor GC Marine. Kuwait is the company's number one market outside the UAE. Gulf Craft's revenues have seen an average growth of 30 per cent for the past four years. Bamps expects that the same level of growth this year over last year's revenues of Dh200 million. SAUDI ARABIA Aramco and Total sign $6b refinery deal Posted: Trade Arabia, 22 May 2006 Riyadh: Saudi Aramco and French oil firm Total signed an agreement yesterday to build a 400,000 barrel per day (bpd), export-oriented refinery in the kingdom at a cost of about $6 billion. The full-conversion refinery in Jubail on the Gulf coast is designed to process Arab Heavy crude oil and is scheduled to start up in 2011, Aramco said in a statement. According to the memorandum of understanding, Aramco and Total would form a joint venture firm, with each holding a 35 per cent stake. Up to 30 per cent ownership in the project is planned to be offered to the Saudi public. Aramco officials put the project's cost at $6 billion. The state oil firm will supply 400,000 bpd of Arab Heavy crude and both Aramco and Total will market the refinery's production. Aramco and Total said they would carry out a joint front-end engineering and design study and that documents to implement the project would be negotiated in parallel with the study. Crude output The deal is one of two joint venture export refineries which Saudi Arabia wants to build in the kingdom, the world's top oil exporter, which is also expanding its crude output capacity. Aramco officials have said they hope to sign a memorandum of understanding with Conoco-Phillips for a 400,000 bpd refinery in Yanbu by the end of May. ConocoPhillips chief executive Jim Mulva said earlier this month he was pleased with the ongoing negotiations. The deals are part of plans by Aramco to spend, together with its partners, $50 billion over the next five years to boost refining capacity at home and abroad. Total has already gained a foothold in the world's richest oil patch, albeit for gas, when it joined Royal Dutch Shell in 2003 in the first exploration project awarded to foreigners since Saudi Arabia nationalised the industry in stages during the 1970s. "This agreement reinforces our presence and through this long-term project strengthens our close cooperation with Saudi Aramco," Total chief Executive Thierry Desmarest said. The global energy industry is now less flexible partly due to chronic underinvestment in facilities and infrastructure, especially in refining, said Aramco chief executive Abdallah Jumah. "Perhaps nowhere along the value chain do we see capacities as tight as they are in the refining sector. Crude oil is of little good to the average end-user until it is refined into useful products," Jumah said. "This facility in particular ... not only eases tight refining capacities but also addresses the mismatch between available crude supplies and refinery configurations," he said at the signing in Dhahran. Aramco to boost oil reserves by 25pcr Posted: Trade Arabia, 16 May 2006 Saudi Arabia is 'quadrupling' exploration activities to boost its oil reserves by 25 per cent by 2025, a Saudi Aramco official said. Aramco, the state oil firm of the world's top exporter, has 260 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and a sustainable production capacity of 10.8 million barrels per day (bpd), said Mohammed al-Qahtani, manager, production and facility development department. 'The 260 billion barrels represents 36 per cent of discovered oil resources, this is the so called oil initially in place. We have 716 billion barrels of discovered resources. We produced 106 billion barrels so far, that is 15 percent, and 36 per cent is our proven reserves,' he told an Arab energy conference. 'We are estimating that by 2025 we will increase total discovered resources up to more than 900 billion barrels,' he told the conference in Jordan. 'The role of exploration is to increase the size of the pie and the role of development is to take more out of the pie.' Saudi Arabia, the largest producer in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has fast tracked plans to boost oil production capacity to 12.5 million bpd by 2009 to help meet growing global demand for oil. The Gulf state's output capacity now stands at 11. 3 million bpd and it has been producing around 9.5 million bpd. 'Over the next five years, we are almost more than quadrupling our exploration activities, keeping the level of exploration for the non-associated gas programme and also heavily increasing our exploration in the crude programme,' Qahtani said. He said Aramco was employing technology to overcome the challenges to exploration in the kingdom which is characterised by a diverse geology, harsh environment and some difficulties in acquiring land seismic data. Aramco has been using advanced and smart well technology at Abqaiq field, which has been producing since 1948. 'Abqaiq field still produces 400,000 bpd and the water cut is only 40 per cent. We've been able to recover so far 50 per cent of oil initially in place and we estimate in excess of 70 per cent of recovery of oil initially in place with water flooding and without enhanced oil recovery,' he said. 'With the help of enhanced oil recovery and other technologies in the future we will be able to increase this to up to 80 percent and maybe more.' He said the giant Ghawar field, in production for more than 55 years, was producing an average 5 million barrels over the last 10 years with a water cut of 33 per cent. - . BAHRAIN Bapco in record refining run Source Trade Arabia, 26 March 2006 Bapco refined a record 267,000 barrels of crude oil per day last year, according to figures released yesterday by the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA).The crude oil run to the Bapco refinery was 97.229 million barrels last year, an increase of 4.5 per cent over 93.057m reported for 2004.The record-breaking total represents crude imported from Saudi Arabia and the total amount produced from the Bahrain Oil Field.Total refined petroleum products exported last year amounted to 90.951m barrels, against 87.982m in 2004.The exports cover various types of refined products including petrol, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel, fuel oil, sulphur and asphalt. Diesel, at 35pc, was the largest export followed by fuel oil at 21pc and jet fuel at 19pc, with the balance covering the other exports. Domestic sales of refined petroleum last year soared by 14.5pc, to 7.447m barrels. The NOGA report attributed the 'remarkable' increase to the construction boom throughout the country and the large number of vehicles entering Bahrain, especially from Saudi Arabia. Bahrain's total share in the Abu Saafa Oil Field, an offshore field jointly owned by Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, amounted to 54.748m barrels of crude oil last year, at a daily rate of 149,994 barrels.Arabian crude imports reached 83.857m barrels last year, up 5.5pc from 2004.Total production of natural and associated gas in Bahrain last year amounted to 470,413 million cubic feet, up 9.8 per cent on 2004. Bahrain's production of gas is totally consumed by the power generation sector and industrial companies.Total production from the Bahrain Oil Field last year was 36,569 barrels per day. NOGA was set up last year and replaced the Oil Ministry as an independent authority, overseeing the oil and gas industry. Over the last seven decades the oil industry in Bahrain has taken a great step forward and action is always required to support this industry and to keep pace with international developments,' said Minister of State and National Oil and Gas Authority chairman Dr Abdulhussain Mirza. Work is in hand to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the oil and gas sector and to optimally take advantage of opportunities, amidst globalisation and economic openness.' The Bahrain National Gas Company reported that its total output of associated gas liquids increased by 65,000 barrels last year to nearly 3.863m, from 3.798m in 2004. The Bahrain Aviation Fuelling Company's jet fuel sales at Bahrain International Airport total 4.331m barrels last year, a rise of 6.8 per cent from 2004. The Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company's production reached nearly 1.338m tonnes last year, a 4 per cent increase on the 1.287m tonnes produced in 2004. The number of oil tankers subject to inspection last year was 383, compared to 375 in 2004. Last year's total cargo of petroleum products shipped and exported from Bahrain to the Gulf and other Arab, Asian, African and European countries reached 10.22m tonnes, against 9.88m tonnes in 2004.TradeArabia News Service Qatar gas Bahrain Posted: Trade Arabia, 22 March 2006 Bahrain will get a direct gas supply from Qatar in 2008 as part of a major initiative called the 'Dolphin Project' an official at the Ras Laffan Industrial City said. Bahrain is among GCC members which will be connected to a direct gas pipeline with a full capacity of 2 billion cubic metre per day. A senior official at the Ras Laffan, quoted by Bahrain Tribune, said Bahrain would be connected to the pipeline after Abu Dhabi and Jebel Ali in the UAE which will be conected by an undersea pipeline network. He said Oman would also be connected along with Bahrain and the Falcon project would be completed in different phases with an estimated cost of over $3 billion. At this stage we don't have the exact figures of cost of the project cubic metre. Energy City to open soon Posted: Trade Arabia,19 March 2006 BAHRAIN-based Gulf Energy's multi-billion dollar Energy City Qatar is to be launched on Tuesday under the patronage of Qatar 's Amir Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Energy City Qatar (ECQ) is a pioneering development that will be the Gulf's first hydrocarbon industry business centre. The project will be launched at 7 pm and will feature a formal unveiling ceremony followed by dinner at the Sheraton Doha Hotel and Resort. The evening, to be hosted by Sir David Frost, will include special addresses by Second Deputy Prime Minister and Energy and Industry Minister and chairman and managing director of Qatar Petroleum Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Economy and Commerce Minister and chairman of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority Shaikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Thani, and Gulf Energy and Energy City Qatar chairman Esam Janahi. Envisioned by Gulf Energy, ECQ aims to attract industry leaders in oil and gas production, international oil companies, national oil companies, support services, infrastructure and downstream activities, shipping and trading, market and resource data, intellectual property and energy trading. The project forms part of the major new city development, Lusail, which in addition to major business and entertainment districts, will be home to up to 200,000 residents. ECQ's lead financial adviser is Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House, and PFC Energy, the leading global $ 150 MILLION, BAPCO - REFINERY GAS DESULFURISATION PROJECT (RGDP) PLANT EPC CONTRACT AWARDED BAPCO-Bahrain Petroleum Company, a wholly owned entity of the Government of Bahrain has awarded EPC contract to Foster Wheeler for desulphurization project and a letter of Intent was issued in September 2005. The project will be handled by Foster Wheeler, Milan. The engineering has commenced and field construction is expected to kick off in Q1 2006. The project aims at constructing a new sulphur recovery unit at the refinery. The scope of work includes various units like Gas Amine Treating/Regeneration Unit, Sour Water Stripping, Sulfur Recovery Unit, Liquid Sulfur Degassing, Tail gas treatment unit, revamp of existing amine unit in the Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (LSFO) complex and revamp of existing sulfur recovery unit. Once the project has been completed BAPCO will recover approximately 525 tpd of sulfur from the refinery. BAHRAIN SIGNS $ 500 m / 470 MW POWER PROJECT DEAL WITH TRACTEBEL Bahrain has proposed 470 MW capacity power plant project, the kingdom s first privately owned power plant at a cost of $ 500 million. The project is aimed at boosting Bahrain s electricity supply either by one-third or 1,000 MW when it is to be completed within scheduled time of May 2007. Bahrain has signed an agreement with Tractebel EGI and Gulf Investment Group with which the EPC contractor is expected to build and operate the plant. The Al Ezzel Independent Power Producer (IPP) project is intended to boost Bahrain 's electricity supply and the construction of the first phase of the project has been scheduled to start immediately. When the full capacity is being achieved the plant is expected to produce 470 MW. $ 460 MILLION, SOHAR ALUMINIUM COMPANY, 800 MW CAPTIVE POWER PLANT EPC CONTRACT AWARDED Paris based Alstom Power has been nominated as the preferred EPC contractor for construction of 800 MW power plant for the power island serving the Sohar Aluminium Smelter. The nomination has been expected after Sohar Aluminium entered into sole contract negotiations with Alstom in September 2005. Alstom will carry out engineering work in Switzerland and the lump-sum turnkey (LSTK) contract involves construction of the proposed power plant at an estimated cost of Usd 460 Million. The power island would be one of several LSTK contracts for discrete technology on the project, which centers on the construction of 350,000 tonne-a-year smelter. First metal from the smelter is scheduled for Mid 2008 with full commissioning by the end of the year. The power island would be one of the several contracts for discrete technology on the project and about seven nine technology packages such as cover craft, speciality manufacturing and services packages are expected. The smelter is based on AP 35 technology by Canada based Alcan and the project represents its first investment in the Middle East and is part of its overall strategy to shift production to low-cost centers. U S based Bechtel is the EPC management contractor for the smelter. QATAR Work on Qatar's two LNG projects begins Source :Gulf News, 3 April 2006 Doha: The execution phase for two new liquefied natural gas developments, Qatargas 3 and Qatargas 4, started here yesterday with a groundbreaking ceremony at Ras Laffan Industrial City. Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, heir apparent of Qatar, laid the foundation stone for the two projects that will generate approximately 2.8 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas, the majority of which is targeted for delivery to the United States. Qatargas 3 is an integrated project, jointly owned by Qatar Petroleum (68.5 per cent), ConocoPhillips (30 per cent) and Mitsui (1.5 per cent). Qatargas 4 will be implemented through a joint venture between QP (70 per cent) and Shell (30 per cent). Each project comprises upstream gas production facilities to produce approximately 1.4 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas, including an average of 70,000 barrels per day of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and condensate combined from Qatar's North Field over the 25-year life of the project. The first LNG cargos from Qatargas 3 are expected to be delivered in 2009, a company's statement said. First LNG cargos from Qatargas 4 are scheduled for around the end of the decade. Access to growing US natural gas markets is the key element in both the Qatargas 3 and Qatargas 4 LNG marketing strategies. In December, Qatargas 3 executed a sales and purchase agreement with ConocoPhillips for the full train output which will be marketed primarily in the US. ConocoPhillips is one of the leading marketers of natural gas in the US and following its acquisition of Burlington Resources, it will become the largest natural gas producer in North America. Qatargas 4 volumes are intended to flow into natural gas markets in the eastern US. For this purpose, Shell, as a sponsor of Qatargas 4, has entered into agreements with Southern LNG Incand Elba Express Pipe-line Company LLC to acquire additional capacity at the Elba Island LNG import terminal as well as in a new natural gas pipeline. Both projects will be filed with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approval in the third quarter of 2006. Last December Qatargas 3 and Qatargas 4 announced their final investment decisions and awarded the onshore engineering, procurement and construction contract to the Chiyoda Corporation and Technip France Joint Venture. The EPC contract with CTJV covers the engineering, procurement, and construction of onshore facilities for the two large-scale LNG trains, each with a nameplate capacity of 7.8 million tonnes-per-annum. The total price of this contract is valued around $4 billion, the statement said. Qatargas 3 has signed all definitive agreements and successfully completed financing. The project has received commitments for more than $2.8 billion from 26 commercial banks, the Export Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Commercial agreements and financing for Qatargas 4 are also advancing rapidly, the statement said. Qatargas 4, which has a similar debt requirement to Qatargas 3, will be the next large Qatari project to engage the international financial community and is already attracting a significant amount of interest from potential lenders. Access to growing US natural gas markets is the key element in both the Qatargas 3 and Qatargas 4 LNG marketing strategies. Qatar Largest LNG exporter Source :Trade Arabia, 26 March 2006 Qatar has become the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world as its production level has reached 25 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). 'We are currently supplying LNG to three continents: Asia, Europe and America,' the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, was quoted as saying in The Peninsula. He was speaking at the launch ceremony of Energy City Qatar. 'Qatar has become the largest exporter of LNG,' he said as production capacity has reached 25 mtpa. Talking of oil development strategy, he said the country hopes to raise oil production capacity to 1.1 million barrels a day (bpd) by 2010. Qatar's strategy is based on production sharing and partnership with energy players is based on sharing risks and profits. Half of the country's current production comes from sharing agreements, said the Second Deputy Premier. Oil and gas, he said, together accounted for 60 per cent share in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005. The GDP has doubled over the past four years. QATAR PROPOSED WORLD S LARGEST METHANOL FACILITY - $ 540 MILLION GAS PLANT. Qatar has proposed to build a two million tonnes per year capacity methanol plant at a cost of $ 540 millions. The country has one of the largest gas reserves in the world. The methanol plant on commissioning will be the largest plant surpassing the present largest plant in Trinidad with annual production capacity of 1.7 million tonnes. The plant will be constructed by Taiwan s Chinese Petroleum Corporation in association with the Qatar Fuel Additives Company (QAFAC). The Chinese Petroleum Corporation was likely to have a six percent p articipation in the project cost and about more than 50 percent of the financing for the total project is yet to be organized. QAFAC s methanol capacity is 8,30,000 tonnes per year and it exports are around 650,000 tonnes annually. As per the projections the methanol produced by the new plant would be mainly marketed in China and the Far East where demand is expected to grow rapidly. OMAN Sohar plant to star exports Posted: Trade Arabia,21 May 2006 Oman's Sohar refinery will begin exports in July this year, Omani media said. Ishaq Al Sarhani, a senior engineer at the $1.25 billion refinery, said a first shipment of products would be exported in July 2006, the media reported. The products include petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and naphtha. Sarhani said all refinery products will be exported, with the exception of propylene, which will be used by a local company. The new refinery, Oman s second, has been scheduled to start trial runs in May. It has a crude unit with a capacity of 116,400 barrels per day (bpd) and a residue fluid catalytic cracking unit with a capacity of 75,260 bpd. Australian shipping line sees good business in Gulf Source: Gulfnews, 29 March 2006 Muscat: A top official of the Australian National Line (ANL), a leading Australian shipping line, is confident that business in the Gulf will grow as the region continues its rapid economic growth. Talking on the sidelines of a two-day ANL sales conference that ended yesterday, John Lines, ANL managing director and CEO, said: "ANL's decision to hold its annual meeting in Oman signifies the importance given to the Gulf area and our aspirations for Oman." He also said that ANL was concentrating on ways to develop their business to and from Oman as well as the other ports in the region. Top officials of ANL, along with their agents from various parts of the world, met in Muscat to discuss opportunities for business growth in the Gulf and other regions of the world. Around 100 Australian National Line executives and agents attended the annual meeting ANL's first major gathering in Oman which was hosted by the company's local agents Blue Eagle Shipping, a group company of Khimji Ramdas. Lines said he hoped that Oman's ongoing economic development and infrastructure improvements would contribute to increased cargo volumes for ANL, which currently handles around 200 containers per month. "ANL has increased its liftings to Oman over the last 12 years (when it commenced operations here), and we are looking to develop our business. The way the economy is growing, our business growth will continue at positive levels," he said. Welcoming the establishment of a container terminal at Sohar, Lines noted, "Terminal infrastructure is important for Oman and for shipping lines."Established by the Australian government in 1956, ANL's container business was taken over by leading shipping line CMA CGM with John Lines taking charge as managing director of the new company ANL Container Line. I RAQ Iraq needs several months to resume exports form north Source: Gulf News, 30 March 2006 I Baghdad: Iraq needs a further eight to 12 months before it can resume oil exports from its sabotage-stricken northern oilfields via Turkey, Oil Minister Hashem Al Hashemi said yesterday. "The manifold pipeline was totally destroyed and it is not working at all. So there is no way to export oil from the north," he told Reuters in his first interview to international media. "It will take months before we fix it ... the exports will stay on hold from the north for months. Some say eight months others say 12, it depends how fast the work goes and also on the security situation," he added. The manifold gathers oil from feeder pipelines to pump it into the export line. Exports via a pipeline to the Ceyhan terminal on Turkey's Mediterranean coast resumed only for a few days in January. Exports had already been halted for weeks by a major attack in October. "There is no way to export oil from there not before we fix the centre. It will take time," Hashemi said. Hashemi said that exports for March via the Gulf were expected to hit 1.5 million barrels per day. He said production was stable in a range between 1.9 million and 2.1 million bpd. Iraq's oil sector, crippled by decades of war, sanctions and underinvestment, has lurched from one crisis to another since the US invasion in 2003. Exports dropped to their lowest level since 2003 at 1.1 million bpd in December and January due to sabotage in the north and bad weather in the south combined with logistics problems. Widespread violence and sabotage have left Iraq critically short of fuel, forcing it to import nearly half of its gasoline. Iraqi officials had said Iraq is losing out on millions of dollars to smugglers who are shipping oil and fuel to Iran and other Gulf states as some government officials turn a blind eye. A US diplomat said yesterday that Iraqi authorities are conducting an extensive investigation into suspected corruption at the Baiji oil refinery, the country's largest. Hashemi, who denied any smuggling from the south, said there may have been smuggling from the north where security and government control is weak. IRAN Iran's tanker firm plans rapid expansion Posted: Gulfnews, 25 April 2006 Iran's state-owned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has invested about $2 billion on 17 new oil tankers, and could order at least 30 more LNG carriers by the end of the year. A senior official is quoted as saying that NITC aims to become a global player in energy transportation and will register the ships outside Iran under financing agreements, to keep operating in the event of sanctions from its nuclear spat with the West. He said NITC was currently awaiting the delivery of 13 very large crude carriers (VLCC) of 315,000 to 318,000 tonnes each, expected between the end of 2007 and early 2009. This will see the Iranian supertanker fleet size grow to 28. "These are additions and not replacements, because we have a very young fleet at the moment with an average age of about 10 years," the spokesman said. According to the Middle East North Africa Financial Network the Iraqi Transport Ministry has allocated $25 million to purchase two oil tankers. The report quoted an official at the Iraqi Oil Tanker Company who added that the capacity for each tanker was to be 10,000 tonnes of crude. This move is seen as a step towards rebuilding the Iraqi tanker fleet that currently stands at just 60,000 tons capacity following the war with Iraq and both subsequent conflicts. OTHERS Vopak Djibouti terminal to expand Posted:Trade Arabia, 05 April 2006 Vopak Horizon Fujairah Limited is to expand the oil terminal's capacity by 360,000 cbm of new tankage and two new berths. Following this expansion the oil terminal will have a total capacity of 1.5 million cbm, six berths, and a single-point mooring system capable of handling vessels up to 175,000 dead weight tonnes. This expansion in the berths and tankage will enable Vopak Horizon Fujairah to further improve its hub-function in the Middle East for black and clean mineral-oil products. 'The economy of the United Arab Emirates is growing at a tremendous rate and many investments are being made in facilities such as refineries. Fujairah's location, just outside the Gulf, is ideal. This new expansion of Vopak Horizon Fujairah is the fifth phase,' said Hussain M Sultan, group executive and board member of the Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc) Group. Rob Nijst, division president Vopak Oil Europe, Middle East & Africa, added: 'We are very pleased that we and our valued joint venture partners are able to further expand our services to our clients in the Middle East. Fujairah has grown into one of the world's main bunker markets. Following this expansion Vopak Horizon Fujairah will be able to offer even more safe and reliable onshore storage facilities to our clients, not only for the fuel oil market, but also for clean products such as gasoline. RAK to set up Dh30m port in Al Jeer Posted: Gulf News, 01 May 2006 Shaikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ras Al Khaimah Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler, approved yesterday the construction of a new port in Al Jeer, north of the emirate at a total cost of Dh30 million. Al Jeer Port will become the fourth port in Ras Al Khaimah after Saqr Port, Al Jazera Al Hamra Port and RAK Port. Mohammad Al Mehrizi, Director General of the Customs and Ports Department, said the new Al Jeer Port will have a 270 metre quay. He added that the port will be dredged to six metres. Al Mehrizi said the new port which will be completed by the middle of next year will have a hotel, administrative buildings and warehouses along with berths to accommodate 120 vessels. Shaikh Saud also approved the second phase of the construction of RAK Port at a total cost of Dh100 million. Al Mehrizi said the RAK Port will have a 460 metre quay and 18 warehouses, some of which will be refrigerated. He added that in the second phase the RAK Port will have an administrative building along with labour accommodation. This phase of construction is expected to be completed by the middle of next year. VLCC rates unlikely to move much higher Posted: Gulf News, 01 May 2006 Despite crude oil stocks in the US running at a high level, there was an unusually large number of VLCCs fixed to the US Gulf last week. There were seven fixtures on top of the normal oil company contract movements. Rates firmed about 5 points but with the long May Day weekend there is a feeling that rates will not move much higher. There were fewer crude oil movements from West Africa to the US with rates having peaked at about WS115. Predominantly though, the main activity for VLCCs was from the Arabian Gulf to the East with ten fixtures to South Korea and Japan and rates firming by a few points to Worldscale 55. Nineteen vessels were fixed to other East destinations such as Thailand, Singapore, China and the Philippines. We expect this week to start slowly but with activity in the Security Council expected to get heated, any sudden and unusual cargo movements will probably have been politically inspired. Suezmax In the Suezmax market, there was less activity in the past week. Owners lost some of the gains they had made over the previous week in the run-up to the long-weekend which marks May Day in much of the world. The Bolsheviks have much to answer for. In the key Suezmax area, West Africa, freight levels slipped from WS150 to WS140-WS142.5 as charterers showed a preference for doubling up on VLCCs which were coming in at about 20 points lower. The tonnage list is shortening for these larger units and with a considerable amount of May cargo still to be lifted; Suezmax rates are set to rise again. In the Mediterranean and Black Sea loading areas, there were spikes as charterers were painted into a corner with very little choice of tonnage for a certain date. Thus with the market level varying between WS135 and WS140, one fixture was reported at WS157.5 for Black Sea and Northwest Europe while another was concluded at WS167.5 for Black Sea to North America. Some suggest that the market is soft, but this is a mixture of not wishing to jump into the May market before April is finished firstly, and secondly, the long weekend. East of Suez, we have seeing more short-haul cargoes being quoted and this has kept tonnage lists long and rates low. They have hovered around the WS80 to WS85 level. Aframax The only long-haul trip reported was 135,000 tonnes from Iran to Greece for a lumpsum of $1.4 million. East of Suez, rates have kept steady for Aframax vessels with modern tonnage keeping at about WS135. Single hull tonnage attracted lower levels of WS120 to WS125. There is expected to be more activity in the coming week as more May cargo programmes are formulated. In the Far East, it has been a quieter period although what few fixtures were concluded, managed to keep rate level steady at about WS125 for Japan and South Korean destinations. In the Med, charterers held back and rates kept to a steady WS150. But there is a build up of outstanding cargoes and therefore some upward's pressure on rates, especially for early positions. In the Caribbean there was a fair number of cargoes being fixed; some 14 in all, but this was insufficient to lift rates up from the position they have been for the last two weeks. WS145 seems to be the level which is unlikely to change in the coming week. A similar picture prevails in Northwest Europe where rates appear to be stuck at about WS100 despite nearly a dozen fixtures concluded. Sea traffic may cause disaster Posted: Trade Arabia, 11 May 2006 A potential disaster could be waiting to happen due to the large number of ships loading and offloading dangerous cargoes in the Gulf, according to a marine safety expert. Frank Bateman, training manager of Kidde Fire Fighting, which designs and manufacturers products and systems for firefighting, said the potential for oil spills and fires on vessels was growing with the increasing level of sea traffic. Despite the obvious need for sufficient response capabilities to protect lives, he said most ships that load and offload dangerous cargoes are greatly under-prepared for disasters - which are rare but have major consequences. Bateman, who is responsible for industrial, marine, training and consulting at the firm, has more than 30 years' experience in the firefighting profession. He was speaking to the GDN on the sidelines of the four-day Fire Department Instructors' Conference that concluded at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre yesterday. The event aimed to share knowledge and experience to better develop firefighting techniques. "The most likely thing to occur is someone didn't do what they were supposed to correctly or even a failure to assess risk," he told the GDN. "There is more potential now than ever before. There are more storage tanks, there are more barge vessels and the thirst the world has for oil is only going to get bigger until an alternative fuel source is found. That means we are going to continue to see a lot of product movement, mobile or pipeline methods." "Acts of man can be generic or they can be negligence. The transport of flammable liquids, by necessity increased in size, and the problem we have with that is it enlarges the problems of support. The vessels can no longer go to many ports so they have to set up off-shore off-loading facilities and that has environmental concerns. Cruising also has high passenger loads, completely different hazard and risks, and the industry has exploded in popularity and therefore everybody has got more and more vessels." "We need to be aware of all the things that can happen, not just fires but business disruption. We can try our best to prepare but we can't be perfect in the preparation, that is not possible," Bateman said natural disasters such as lightning, storms and earthquakes also posed a problem. 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