DUBAI / WAM ENOC Group, through its subsidiary Horizon Terminals, has awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for a 16.2-kilometre jet fuel pipeline that links its storage terminals in Jebel Ali with Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) in Dubai South, to Dubai-based Albanna Engineering. The construction of the pipeline is expected to be completed in 24 months and ...

Dubai / WAM Top-level regional and global government officials and power decision makers will join pioneers of energy, space and technology when the inaugural sector-defining Global Smart Energy Summit (GSES), gets under way at Dubai World Trade Centre on March 6. The three-day thought leadership summit will see more than 110 high-profile speakers address 700-plus delegates across more than 100 ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, a law to establish the Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company (ADDHC), as a public joint stock company. According to the law, the new company will be an independent corporate body that enjoys full legal status to practice ...

Dubai / WAM The 15th edition of the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD 2018), will launch on Monday. The first humanitarian aid and development event of its kind in the Middle East, DIHAD 2018 will be held from the March 5-7, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC). Held under the patronage of ...

Dubai / WAM In line with the directives of the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has issued an order to freeze Dubai Government fees for a period of three years. ...

Dubai / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, officially inaugurated Badia Farms, GCC’s first commercial vertical farm, which will enhance crop production and lowers their costs. He toured the farm and explored the latest hydroponic technology and vertical farming techniques. Applauding the work at the farms, Dr Al Zeyoudi said, “Badia Farms is ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, a subsidiary of the Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), on Sunday announced that it will install a 290-kilowatt (KW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system to serve the facility of Khazna Data Centres (Khazna) in Masdar City. In the presence of Khaled Al Qubaisi, Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace, Renewables and Information Communications ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) has announced its key 2017 achievements, namely its 7% contribution to Dubai’s non-oil trade representing 18% of total free zones trade within Dubai according to 2016 official statistics. The freezone’s success is largely due to its strategic role in driving continuous economic development and high operational efficiency, as well as the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest Islamic bank in the UAE, has been awarded ‘Best Sukuk House’ at the EMEA Finance Middle East Banking Awards 2017 for the second successive year. The tenth edition of the EMEA Finance Middle East Banking Awards took place at the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai recently and celebrated the regional banking ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Underlining its support to the National Reading Strategy, which extends through 2026, and as part of the month of reading, the National Media Council (NMC) has launched a media strategy for reading, with the aim of involving the media sector and enhancing its role in promoting and encouraging reading as a community habit and an integral part ...