DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs, represented by the Jebel Ali Customs Centres Management, organised the largest public auction yet, in cooperation with DP World. As many as 533 containers were auctioned this time, comprising 35 categories of new and used goods that went under the hammer at the 3-day public auction. The auction, overseen by Dubai Customs’ Jebel Ali ...

  Copenhagen / WAM A partnership of leading international organizations, including the United Nations, announced the launch of a first-ever global standard to measure food loss and waste while at the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) 2016 Summit currently underway in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (FLW Standard) is a set of global definitions ...

  AMMAN / WAM The Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) participated in the 8th AFAQ Economic Conference, held recently under the title “Modern Economic Issues” in Amman, Jordan. Mohammed bin Khamis Al Mukhaini, Assistant Secretary-General for Industrial Information and Studies at GOIC, said, “It was an important opportunity to discuss challenges that various economic sectors face and to exchange ...