The Jordanian government has relieved a number of officials at the Red Sea port of Aqaba from their respective posts in connection with a deadly chlorine gas leak inciden ..
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Jordan’s Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) has recently announced ambitious decarbonisation targets and has detailed the roadmap it will follow to reach its net zero goal by 2040.
ACT CEO Soren Jensen says, “We are proud to confirm our commitment to industry-leading reductions of greenhouse gas emissions of 70% by 2030, and to reach net zero by 2040, which is sooner than both the Paris Agreement and Jordan’s national target. We are determined to do our part, in cooperation with our customers and...
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/aqaba-container-terminal-aims-for-net-zero-by-2040/
Jordanian media reports that 13 people were killed while over 250 others suffered varying degrees of injury following a chlorine gas leak incident at the Red Sea port of ..
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Thirteen people have died and 251 have been injured in a toxic gas leak from a container carrying 25 tonnes of chlorine which dropped onto the deck of a ship at Jordan’s Aqaba port yesterday, sending deadly yellow clouds into the surrounding area. City health authorities advised residents to close...
https://splash247.com/13-dead-hundreds-injured-following-chlorine-leak-at-aqaba-port/
Logistic facilitator Abu Dhabi Ports (AD Ports) has signed four strategic agreements and a Head of Terms Agreement (HoT) with Jordan’s Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) for the development of a new…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/ad-ports-scores-new-projects-in-jordan/
US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) have begun operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba off Jordan as part of an initiative to ..
As part of a program to enhance the maritime emergency response capability of Jordan’s civil defence units, the kingdom’s Public Safety Directorate (PSD) acqu ..
Following the recent signing of an outline agreement, AD Ports Group is to work with the Aqaba Development Corporation to establish a state-of-the-art cruise terminal at Marsa Zayed in Aqaba. It will be the first port facility to be developed by the Abu Dhabi group in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and its first cruise facility outside of the United Arab Emirates.
The new terminal is expected to serve as a regional gateway that will receive cruise ships passengers visiting the Red Sea region....
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/ad-ports-takes-on-projects-in-jordan-and-iraq/
UAE-based AD Ports Group and Aqaba Development Corporation have entered into an agreement regarding the construction of a modern cruise terminal at Marsa Zayed in the Jor ..
Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) achieved a highly creditable set of results in 2020, handling 857,000 TEU, 7 per cent up on the year before. In particular, the terminal witnessed an 11 per cent increase in the number of fully loaded export containers, while the number of transit containers increased by 41 per cent compared to 2019.
Last year ACT purchased new two reach stackers and two empty handlers and plans to continue its investment plan for modernising machinery and equipment during 2021....
https://www.themaritimestandard.com/investment-helps-aqaba-terminal-to-sustain-growth/