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  DUBAI / WAM Ducab group has been awarded the full EPC (engineering, procurement & contracting) contract to supply and install 400 kV cables and accessories to link Al Dhafra, the world’s largest solar plant in Abu Dhabi, with the emirate’s main Transco transmission grid (Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company) through its specialised division, Ducab HV. This collaborative project ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) continued its collaboration with Abu Dhabi’s Human Resources Authority (HRA) by holding a recruitment drive in Abu Dhabi to attract young UAE nationals. More than 50 UAE nationals were shortlisted for places on EGA’s long-running National Training Programmes, following interviews with EGA representatives at the recruitment drive. Successful candidates will undergo ...

  Dubai / WAM Etihad Energy Services Company (Etihad ESCO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), signed several contracts and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with several Dubai government entities at the 24th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show (DSS). Etihad ESCO signed MoUs with the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), a ...

  Muscat / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has met with His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, the Sultan of Oman, at Al Alam Palace in the Omani capital, Muscat. During the meeting on the first day of the UAE President’s state visit to the Sultanate of Oman, the two leaders spoke of the historical ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, inaugurated the 24th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show (DSS). Wetex & DSS is organised by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice ...

  Dubai / WAM DP World Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem visited Pakistan last week, where he pledged logistics support and donated $2.5 million to help people in the south of the country following the recent devastating floods. After visiting flood-affected areas, the Chairman met with Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed ...

  Sharjah / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) has established its new representative office in Sharjah to boost the country’s economic diversification programmes and support its export, re-export, and foreign investment to increase the non-oil trade contribution to the national GDP. The launching of the new representative office is aimed at expanding ECI’s reach in the northern emirate with the ...

  DUBAI / WAM flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, continues to grow its operations in Uzbekistan with the launch of a twice-weekly service to Namangan International Airport (NMA). The carrier’s inaugural flight touched down in Namangan to a traditional water cannon salute as part of a warm welcome by local officials, airport representatives and members of the media. flydubai is the ...

  Ajman / Gulf Time Gulf Medical University (GMU) commended ‘Global Healthcare Simulation Week’ at the Center for Advanced Simulation in Healthcare Department, raising awareness about the value of simulation among health professionals, students and faculty. The event also introduced the techniques of latest simulators offered by partnered distributors, subsequently providing a better learning on how to access, experience and ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The total non-oil trade between the UAE and Oman from 2012 to 2021 amounted to more than AED362 billion, recording a growth rate of 98.9% to reach AED46.5 billion by the end of 2021, compared to AED23.4 billion by the end of 2012, according to data from the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC). The ...