Gulf Coordination Council (GCC)

Tighten up

ANALYSIS Tank utilisation may be down after last year’s impressive fleet growth, but demand is still growing in the Middle East and looks set to rise further

Rabigh terminal in Saudi Arabia

Theory and practice

CONFERENCE REPORT Dubai was the rather gaudy setting for this year's GPCA Supply Chain Conference, held over two days this past May at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel

GPCA 2012 crowd

Talke seals Saudi liquids deal

CONTRACTS Talke’s Saudi Arabian arm has kicked off the New Year with the signing of a new deal to provide Saudi Kayan with on-site logistics, its first contract to provide liquid chemical logistics to a Middle Eastern customer

Containers in Warehouse

Take a bath in the Gulf

CONFERENCE REPORT Home to endless shopping malls and a $3bn hotel with its own gold vending machine, Abu Dhabi played host to GPCA’s third Supply Chain Conference this past October.

GPCA Conference 2012

Come to the party

MIDDLE EAST The problems hampering development of the market for tank containers in the Middle East are easing and there is plenty of opportunity for operators, says a new study carried out for ITCO

Suttons Tank Containers

Coping with growth

CONFERENCE REPORT Home to the mysterious Tree of Life that has thrived alone in the desert for at least 400 years with no apparent source of water, Bahrain was the blistering hot setting for the Second GPCA Supply Chain Conference

Bahrain brainstorm

CONFERENCE REPORT After years of trying to get an association off the ground, the Middle East petrochemical sector now has a body to represent its interests and act as a focal point for understanding.

Pump up the volume

CONFERENCE REPORT Petrochemical output in the Middle East is growing and growing fast. The implications of this are wide reaching in terms of logistics and supply chain management

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