Dubai / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Ports announced on Tuesday the launch of its digital Vessel Management System which offers customers and stakeholders complete automation of all vessel management processes and services through its Port Community System, Maqta Gateway. Through the new, demand-driven Vessel Management System, all vessels arriving at any of Abu Dhabi’s commercial ports will be able …
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Dubai / Emirates Business Ducab, the Middle East’s leading manufacturer of high quality cables and cabling products, is a Strategic Sponsor of the Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) 2016. Ducab will participate at the exhibition and conference, which will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre from the October, 4-6 to showcase its sustainability …
Read More »Dubai /Â WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), today opened an office in Nairobi, Kenya, looking to strengthen economic ties with the continent and to promote Dubai and its business competitiveness in the African market. The new office, being the fourth in Africa after Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique, is the sixth Dubai Chamber international office after Azerbaijan …
Read More »Dubai / WAM Dubai Financial Market’s (DFM) International Investor Roadshow will be held from October, 17-18 in New York City, with co-sponsorship from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) to enable 13 companies listed on DFM and Nasdaq Dubai to update international fund managers about growth strategies and recent developments through one-on-one meetings, the DFM announced on Tuesday. “The DFM represents …
Read More »Dubai /Â WAM All taxis in Dubai will soon be available through the Careem app under a new agreement between the e-hail taxi company and the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). RTA signed the agreement with Careem Networks Company on Tuesday making all its 9,841 taxis and 4,700 limousines available on Careem app. According to Mattar Al Tayer, Director General …
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Dubai / Emirates Business The World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2016, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is set to open tomday at Dubai International Convention and Exhibitions Centre in New Za’abeel Hall 6. The 2016 Summit marks the third …
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Bloomberg In a testament to the rising consumer potential of the world’s No. 6 emerging market, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has tapped for guidance the king of Chinese e-commerce: Jack Ma. Jokowi, as Indonesia’s leader is known, further intensified the buzz surrounding his country’s $2 billion e-commerce market with a stop at Jakarta’s sprawling Mangga Dua bazaar last month, …
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Bloomberg Indian Oil Corp. is scaling up an expansion plan for its biggest refinery in northern India at a cost of 150 billion rupees ($2.3 billion), as it races to meet demand in one of the world’s fastest-growing crude consumers. India’s top refiner will expand its Panipat refinery to 25 million metric tons a year (500,000 barrels a day) …
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Beijing / AFP China’s dependence on debt is growing at a “dangerous pace” and it must act to head off a brewing crisis, the IMF warned on Tuesday. The International Monetary Fund also said the country’s leaders should kick on with vital reforms or risk a painful correction in the world’s number two economy, adding that Beijing’s “unsustainably high” …
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Seoul / AFP The chairman of South Korea’s Hanjin Group on Tuesday apologised for the “cargo chaos” caused by the collapse of its shipping unit, but insisted the company could, and should, be salvaged. Hanjin Shipping, the world’s seventh largest shipping company, is seeking bankruptcy protection at home and in the US after creditors rejected its latest plan to …
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