Industry, Logistics & Shipping

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

Tarshid completes energy retrofit covering 43 Madinah university buildings

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

Saudi energy services company Tarshid has completed the second phase of an energy efficiency retrofit project at the Islamic University of Madinah, covering 43 buildings and facilities. It involved upgrades to cooling, AC and lighting systems aimed at improving energy efficiency.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

Projectile sinks Indian ship in Red Sea, New Delhi condemns attack

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

India on Tuesday condemned an attack on an Indian-flagged commercial vessel that sank in the Red Sea off Yemen after being struck by a projectile, as New Delhi renewed calls for an end to attacks on merchant shipping in one of the world's busiest maritime corridors.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

Agthia H1 net profit more than doubles, revenue rises to $708m

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

Agthia, a leading F&B group based in Abu Dhabi, has reported solid revenue for the first half, surging 7.4% to hit AED2.6 billion ($708 million), while its net profit more than doubled to AED121 million ($33 million) backed by one-off sales under UAE's food security programme.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

Qatari group Meeza secures $432m funding to boost data centre capacity

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

Meeza, a leading data centre and managed IT services provider, has announced that it has secured an additional QAR1.6 billion ($432 million) in funding from Qatar's Dukhan Bank to accelerate the delivery of its data centres, which will together add 44MW of capacity to its portfolio.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

Alba Q2 profits jump 164% to $172.5m despite logistics disruptions

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter on one site, has reported a profit attributable to its equity holders of BD64.9 million ($172.5 million) for the second quarter of 2026, up by 164% year-on-year (YoY), compared to BD24.6 million for the same period in 2025.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

DP World to develop new special economic zone in Kenya

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

DP World is expanding its investment in Kenya through the development of a special economic zone in Mombosa that will strengthen the country’s position as a regional trade and logistics gateway and address the demand for modern industrial and logistics infrastructure in East Africa.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei to focus on 'Intelligent Manufacturing, Better Future'

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

The 2026 World Manufacturing Convention will be held from September 20 to 23 at the Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center in Hefei, Anhui, China, with the theme "Intelligent Manufacturing, Better Future".

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

CEER localisation deals to bring $2.4bn benefits, create 2,000 jobs

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

The Local Content and Government Procurement Authority (LCGPA) has signed two agreements to localise the industry and transfer knowledge for electric vehicles with CEER, in exchange for inclusion on the mandatory list of national products.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

UAE's real gross domestic product grows 3% in Q1 to $132bn

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

The UAE's real gross domestic product grew by 3 percent in the first quarter of 2026 to reach AED485 billion ($132.06 billion) at constant prices, while non-oil GDP grew by 4.8 percent, raising its contribution to 79.4 percent of the national economy.

Industry, Logistics & Shipping

L&T unit secures over $1.5bn order from ADNOC Offshore

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

India's top engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has announced that its key subsidiary L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore (LTEH Offshore) has secured an ultra-mega order - valued at over Rs150 billion ($1.57 billion) - from ADNOC Offshore for development of multiple offshore facilities.