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It took control of the gas production facilities in Habshan and started construction of the first and second stages of an onshore gas production project. The first phase of the project produced about two billion cubic feet of gas and around 4,200 tons of liquefied gas per day as well as 100,000 barrels of petroleum other petroleum products. The second phase was completed in the Bab field and produces 1.1 million cubic feet of crude gas and 950 million cubic feet of processed gas as well as 300 to 400 tones of liquefied gas, 45,000 barrels of other petroleum products and 1,500 tones of sulfur. Gasco, which operated the emirate's gas production since 1980, produces around four million tones of liquefied gas, most of which is exported to Japan. Enron formally pulls out of Dolphin gas venture (New) Enron Corp of the U.S. said it has pulled out of the Dolphin gas project and agreed to transfer its 24.5 per cent equity to the UAE Offsets Group (UOG) for an undisclosed amount. Enron said it bowed out because there was not much value it could add at this stage and it did not fit into Enron's core business. "As the project has evolved, it has evolved into a strong up-stream and gas transportation and delivery project. Enron is not an upstream company," said Richard Bergsieker, president and chief operating officer for Enron M.E. We got involved because it was an integrated project, upstream and market development and we thought we could impart marketing and finance structuring skills. We brought some of this so far. The chairman Al Sayegh said Enron made a significant contribution during the formative stages and the project is now at an advanced stage. The partners have decided to bring in new companies. Patrick Rambaud, TotalFinaElf's director-general of exploration and production, said his company was keenly interested in increasing its equity in DEL and has formally made an expression of interest. DEL was set up last July to implement the Dolphin gas project after the signing of a project development agreement between UOG, Enron and TotalFinaElf in March 2000. The project involves the development of gas reserves in Qatar's North Field and the transportation of two billion cubic feet per day of natural gas to the UAE and Oman in its $3.5-$4 billion first phase. DEL is inviting engineering and construction management companies to pre-qualify for five contracts. Al Sayegh said UOG and Qatar Petroleum are aiming to sign a development and production sharing agreement by the third quarter. The latest date for the signing will be September. Dubai Malaysia Firm bags $270m deal for first Palm Islands work. (New) The first major contract for the prestigious Palm Islands Project has been awarded to a Malaysian contracting firm, the Dubai Palm Developers company announced yesterday. The deal is valued at &270m and would cover land reclamation work for the first island. According to a statement given by the project managers, the Malaysian firm named Perkapalan Mesra SDN.BHD had submitted the most competitive bid. The fact that they already had experience in building a similar island project in Malaysia has also worked to Perpakalan s advantage. The government of Dubai with the involvement of local and international banks is funding the project. The first phase is expected to take two years to complete, with another year and half-needed for the infrastructure. The first of the islands, each being built in the shape of the palm tree consisting of 17 fronds and a trunk along with a protective barrier reef, is being built along the Jumeirah coastline opposite the Dubai internet City. The second facility will be built to the south west of Jebel Ali Port. According to Saeed Ahmed Saeed, a senior manager of engineering works of the project, the foundation rock will come from quarries around the UAE and further afield, including Iran, and will be taken to the site by large barges. The sand to be used as fill will be dredged locally. The project is expected to provide a sound investment opportunities for home buyers as well as property investors. Properties will be for sale only to UAE national and Arabs from neighboring Gulf States. Overseas buyers will possess the properties on the basis of a 99-year lease. Property costs are expected to start at around a half a million dollars. Fujairah Nine bids submitted for Fujairah waterpower project Technical bids have been opened, and commercial bids will be opened on April 28 in the presence of the bidding parties for the Fujairah desalination and power plant package according to the Offsets Group. The four competing bidders are South Korea's Hanjung with three proposals, Italy's Fisia Italimpianti with four proposals, and France's Sidem and the UK's Weir Westgarth, which have submitted one proposal each. The proposals cover a range of desalination technologies including MSF (multi-stage flash), MED (multiple effect distillation) and RO (reverse osmosis). The UOG was mandated by Abu Dhabi to implement the project on a fast-track basis to meet the rising demand for water in Al Ain and the Northern Emirates. The desalination and power plant package is part of a $1 billion desalination and pipeline project. The package involves engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 100 million gallons a day desalination plant and a captive power plant of more than 100 megawatts. The plant is to be built in Qidfa, next to the present power and water generation plant being run by the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa) in North Fujairah, and will be able to run on both diesel and gas. The project is scheduled to be completed in 24 months. Saudi Arabia Arab petrochemical output to hit 50m tons next year Petrochemical production in Arab states is expected to reach 50 million tons in 2002, up from 25 million tons in 1998, a regional industry official said yesterday. According to Talat Dhafer, general manager of Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization, the Arab states' petrochemical production in 1998 was around 25 million tons and it is expected to reach around 50 million tons in 2002. But Dhafer told a petrochemical conference in Bahrain that despite the huge increase in production, the utilization of available resources in the Arab petrochemical industries was still below the required level. Saudi Arabia's industrial giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), 70 per cent owned by the Saudi government, currently produces around 28 million tons. Sabic s output capacity is expected to hit 35 million tons by 2002. Dhafer said Arab states should work to integrate their petrochemical industries and boost investment in the sector. Bahrain's Oil Minister Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, in his opening remarks, urged the private sector in Arab countries to invest in the petrochemical industry. "The Arab private sector is called upon to strongly enter the basic, intermediate and final petrochemical manufacturing process now that the appropriate groundwork is available for such investment," Sheikh Isa said. For Arab states to maintain growth in their petrochemical industry, "we must concentrate on enhancing the quality and diversity of products through the use of state-of-the-art technologies and increased production", he said. New step for gas initiative The special committee negotiating with international oil companies (IOC) about the upstream gas initiative is preparing to set up consortia to carry out the three core ventures that have been identified, sources close to the talks say. This next stage in the initiative will follow a series of discussions that started in mid February with the 11 companies involved. "These discussions are a chance for the Saudi negotiators to request clarification on the responses provided to their specific questions," says one industry executive. The IOC s on 10 February submitted responses to questions posed by the committee on the investment proposals presented at the start of the year. The Saudi committee, headed by Foreign affairs minister Saud Al Faisal, has said it will issue memorandums of understanding for the three core ventures on 1 April. Company executives say that the committee has established a good record in keeping to its announced schedule, although there are still a lot of issues of substance sill to be resolved. For Core Venture One, focusing on the South Ghawar region of the Eastern Province, the bidders are the Royal Dutch/ Shell Group, BP of the UK, Eni of Italy, TotalFinaElf of France, and Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil Corporation, both of the US. TotalFinaElf, ExxonMobil and Marathon Petroleum Company of the US are following Core Venture Two, for work in the Red Sea. Core Venture Three focuses on the Empty Quarter, around the Shaybah field, and the bidders are TotalFinaElf, and Phillips Petroleum Company and Conoco, both of US, and a US team of Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Enron Corporation. Iran Sabic studies joint venture chemical plant in Iran Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) is considering setting up a polymer plant in Iran through an agreement with the National Petrochemical Co (NPC), Fahad Al Sheaibi, president of Sabic's polymers group, said yesterday. The official was speaking on the sidelines of the three-day Dubai Plast Pro 2001, a plastics processing and applications congress, that began yesterday. No concrete proposal has been made yet and key details such as feedstock prices and operational facilities must be decided. Al Sheaibi earlier dismissed "rumors" about Sabic's ambitions to acquire a European company. "Like other global players, we are looking at striking up strategic alliances, but talk about any acquisitions in Europe is mere market speculation." But he stressed the need for further consolidation, saying there is room for mergers, and for integration among GCC producers. On the tariff issue, he did not see lower levels in any way posing obstacles for Gulf producers to export to Europe. He agreed that with the region poised to become the world's major petrochemicals exporter within a few years, transporting the products might prove a logistical bottleneck, but felt plans in the pipeline to further upgrade infrastructure would cope with coming challenges. Iraq Iraqi oil exports 2.06 million bpd in week Iraqi oil exports were steady at 2.06 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week to May 4, the United Nations said yesterday. This brings the four-week average for Iraqi crude exports in the UN-administered oil-for-food program to 2.19 million bpd. For the week, there were five tankers loaded at Mina Al Bakr, Iraq for a total of 8.5 million barrels, and four tankers with 5.9 million barrels loaded at Ceyhan, Turkey. The average price for Iraqi crude sold in the week was $22.92 a barrel, or about 25.76 Euro per barrel, the UN said. Kuwait Kuwait in advanced talks to buy Qatar, Iran gas Kuwait said yesterday it was in advanced negotiations with fellow OPEC members and Gulf neighbors Qatar and Iran to import natural gas. Oil Minister Adel Al Subaih also told Reuters that the gas would be used mainly to fuel local power stations. Kuwait plans to increase its power generation in the coming few years by expanding and building plants. "There have been good developments with Qatar and Iran to import gas for local consumption by power stations," said Subaih. His Qatari counterpart Abdullah Al Attiyah told the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) in Qatar in Monday that a joint committee discussing the nature of the deal was close to completing its work. He said he discussed the issue with Subaih by telephone and that he is very positive that the issue will be finalized. Kuwait could import between 750 million and one billion cubic feet a day of Qatari natural gas, Attiyah added. In July, Kuwait signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Qatar to import gas from Doha's giant North Field. It has also approached Iran across the Gulf waterway for gas and the two sides signed an MOU also in July. Qatar has said that it is best suited to provide Kuwait with a reliable and secure long-term supply of competitively priced natural gas for its current and future requirements. Qatar, which sits on the world's third largest gas reserves after Russia and Iran, is seeking to boost natural gas exports in the Gulf region after investing billions of dollars in recent years to tap its vast gas riches and build LNG facilities. Kuwait to shut Shuaiba refinery for 35 days Kuwait plans a total shutdown at its Shuaiba refinery for 35 days as of April 28 for general repairs to eventually lift output to the design capacity of 195,000 bpd from a current 120,000 bpd, an industry source said yesterday. "This is a general repair plan which could cost over a million dinars ($3.3 million) and is expected to restore the refinery to a new standard to meet its design capacity," an oil industry executive familiar with the repairs told Reuters. The executive said the plant, the smallest of three domestic refineries, had been running at around 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) in recent months. "There are problems at area eight, one of the units is not operating...but after the repair work it will come back to its full capacity and all the vessels will be open," he added. "The repair work is also aimed at avoiding (future) accidents," he said of the refinery which was hit by an explosion last year that killed two Kuwaiti workers. Shuaiba operations were not affected by the blast but the country's largest refinery, the 450,000 bpd Ahmadi, was forced to close down in June when six people were killed in a huge explosion. It is now operating at around 285,000 bpd while Mina Abdullah refinery has a capacity of 265,000 bpd. Asian markets are the main customers for Kuwaiti products. Qatar Qatar tracks LNG deals in Europe Qatar is in advanced talks with Italy s Edison International for a gas supply agreement, as part of its efforts to establish a position in the European market for medium- term sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG). "We are negotiating with prospective customers in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Turkey to sell Qatari LNG for a period of five- six years," an official at the state- owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) says. They are expecting that some of these negotiations will give them an entry in to the competitive European gas market. So far they have signed deals with European buyers on a short term or spot basis, but now hope to increase the volume of exports. Little progress has been made on a heads of agreement that RasGas signed with Taiwan s Tung Ting Gas Corporation last October, for the supply of 1.8 million t/y of LNG. "Tung Ting will soon issue fresh bids for the project to set up LNG receiving terminals, following a lack of competition from interested parties in the initial round," says the official. Oman Arabian Industries builds Oman's biggest pressure vessels Arabian Industries, the Omani mechanical engineering contractor, has fabricated two pressure vessels, the largest in the sultanate, for the separation of oil, gas and water during oil extraction. This will be commissioned in October. The vessels are being designed and manufactured by Galfar Engineering and Contracting Co for Petroleum Development Oman's oil and gas production station in Yibal, 60 km from Fahud in the south. PDO awarded Galfar the $12 million EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract last May to expand the liquid handling capacity of its surface facilities in Yibal, PDO's largest oil field producing 24,000 barrels a day. The $40 million project will increase the gross liquid handling capacity from the present 120,000 cubic meters a day to 175,000. They have a liquid hold-up volume of about 30 cubic meters, allowing a maximum flow of 110,000 cubic meter. Arabian Industries' managing director Amer Al Sulaimani said the fabrication of the separators confirmed the extent of the technical know-how in the Omani industry. "Indeed, it is one of the best examples of the capabilities of Omani industry in designing products to international standards," he said. Oman oil exports up 7.8pc in January-February Oman exported 52.2 million barrels of crude oil in January and February this year, up 7.8 per cent from 49.8 million barrels in the same period last year. According to the Ministry of National Economy, the average price of Omani oil fell 5.4 per cent to $23.84 per barrel from $25.19 per barrel in the comparative periods. Japan led Oman oil importers with 13.81 million barrels, a 3.1 per cent rise from 13.4 million barrels. South Korea was second with 11.85 million barrels (up by 127 per cent from 4.88 million barrels), and China third, its imports dropping to 8.15 million barrels (16.31 million barrels). Oman, a non-OPEC country, produces about 900,000 barrels a day, but cuts output in solidarity with the group to ensure price stability. Oman's 2000 budget was based on $9 per barrel because of the falling oil prices in 1999 and the current one on $14.5 per barrel. The extra money earned goes to the national reserve fund to reduce the budget deficit. Meanwhile, the sultanate has been ranked second in the Middle East and 29th in the world in terms of economic liberalization, according to a report compiled by Washington-based institute, Catto. Bahrain tops the list in the region, while Kuwait is third and the UAE fourth, followed by Egypt and Jordan, according to the Oman News Agency. Hong Kong tops the list of 123 countries followed by Singapore. Burma was last. Catto researchers applied 21 criteria, including the size of the government and economic, legal and monetary policies. In compiling the report, Oman's second position in the Arab world comes in the wake of its accession to the World Trade Organization. Oman - Muscat proposes gas exports to UAE Oman has proposed supplying natural gas to the northern emirates, Oil & Gas Minister Mohammed bin Hamad bin Saif al-Romhi told in a late-March interview. He described discussions over the proposed gas sale as being 'quite advanced' but stressed that any deal would involve 'smallish' volumes and be on a short-term basis. "The decision has been made from this side," Al-Romhi said. "In principle, we are ready to sign a heads of agreement. Now we are awaiting a response from the UAE government." Gas would be supplied from an extension to the Fahud-Sohar gas pipeline, which is currently under construction by an Italian consortium. The gas, due to arrive in Sohar in 2002 via the 305-kilometre pipeline, is earmarked for new gas-based industries in the coastal city. However, with construction still to begin on new industrial capacity at Sohar, surplus gas will be available for export at least until 2005. Al-Romhi stressed that exporting gas to the UAE would not affect the sultanate's gas reserve base. "Over the past year, the ministry has managed to add about 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) to proven reserves, taking the total up to 21-22 tcf," Al-Romhi said. "We expect to add a further 1-1.5 tcf this year, but from this year onwards we will not just be adding but also subtracting as a result of LNG exports increasing." On the proposed addition of a third gas train at Oman LNG, Al-Romhi said that the go-ahead had recently been given for engineering work to begin on expanding upstream gas handling and processing facilities in the central gas fields to meet the gas exporter's additional requirements. "From the downstream point of view, we are still looking around for customers the issue is with the marketing department," he said. Oman LNG has been focusing on India and Europe for new customers. Algeria Algeria puts five projects up for auction Algiers (Reuters) - Algeria is offering five gas and oil development projects for auction, officials said yesterday. The tenders were launched last Saturday and the closing date was set for March 31,2002. Officials named one of the projects as Zarzaitine oilfield, currently run by state-owned oil and gas firm Sonatrach and producing 30,000 barrels a day. They said the offers also include two gas fields, one located at Rhourde Nouss area with potential reserves of 250 billion cubic meters and the second field lies in Tinhert region with potential reserves of around 100 billion cubic meters. The two other projects are in Illizi region, near the Libyan border. One official said the auction process is split into two stages. In the first round interested companies will offer technical models and their economic and commercial qualifications will follow in a second stage. The authorities would open a data room on the projects from next Wednesday. The deadline for technical bids is October 30 and the final closing date for the auctions is March 31, 2002. Egypt Shell found gas in Nemed, licensing round on track Very good indications of the presence of gas in the North East Mediterranean Deepwater (Nemed) block have been identified following the drilling of the first two wells by operator Shell Egypt, says Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy. Fahmy also says a major new bid round involving 32 blocks is on schedule, with a deadline of 15 November. Fahmy's statement follows a 13 March report saying that Shell had drilled two dry holes in the Nemed block and that the new bid round was in jeopardy. A Shell official told on 14 March that the report was inaccurate, and the results of the drilling would be made public once the detailed analysis had been completed. Fahmy says two wild cats were drilled in the Nemed block by Shell between December 2000-February 2001. "A severe mechanical problem was encountered in the first well (Shorouk-1), which hindered the completion of drilling operations as planned," he says. "Therefore there were no conclusive results from this well." However, he adds: "The drilling of the second well (Leil-1) was successfully completed, which resulted in a very good indication of the presence of hydrocarbon bearing zones at different levels. The well proves that the Delta gas play is extended to the well location, which is 120 kilometers to the north of the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The gas samples were obtained from different layers and are being analyzed, and we expect to receive the results and evaluation of the well in due time." Shell confirms that the results of the drilling are still being analyzed. Shell holds a 75 per cent stake in the Nemed block, with ExxonMobil Corporation of the US holding the remaining 25 per cent. The concession agreement calls for the investment of a total $230 million in drilling 10 wells over five years in the 41,500-square-kilometre block, over three phases. Shell officials have said they estimate that the block contains at least 15 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, which would be substantial addition to the present proven reserve figure of 51 tcf Gas industry executives in Cairo say they are not unduly concerned about reports of problems with the Nemed drilling. "All the indicators are that there is plenty of gas in Nemed," says one senior executive in a company working close to the Shell acreage. "They have only drilled two wells in a concession which is the size of Texas." Fahmy and senior Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) officials also firmly refute suggestions that the new bid round's schedule has been affected. "The new international bid round includes 32 blocks covering the different sedimentary offshore and onshore basins in Egypt," says Fahmy. France Technip joins Damietta LNG fray France s Technip is understood to have been invited to bid for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal to be built by Spain s Union Fenosa in Damietta. The French firm will be competing against groups based on the two companies that have been working in parallel on the front end engineering and Design (FEED) for the estimated $1,600 million project. The FEED contractors are UK based MW Kellogg and Japan s Chiyoda Corporation. They are due to complete their designs by the end of March. A separate tender has been issued for storage tanks at Damietta. Union Fenosa has said it aims to award the EPC contract by the end of the summer. Project sources say the inclusion of Technip on the bid list effectively widens the financing options for the project. Much of the finance is expected to be raised in Spain, but bankers say this will need to be supplemented by funds from other sources. The LNG plant s capacity will be 4 million tons a year. It is planned to come on stream in 2004, and will supply fuel to a string of power stations being built by Union Fenosa in Spain. The natural gas for the plant will be purchased from the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation. India venture poised to sign LNG import deal (New) French oil giant TotalFinaElf's three-way joint venture Indigas is likely to sign a deal by the end of June to import three million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Middle East, its chief said yesterday It is planning a six million tonne liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mumbai of which the first phase of three million tonnes is expected to be commissioned by 2005. The entire project will cost an estimated 29 billion rupees ($617 million). While Total and GAIL will be primarily responsible for the terminal, Tata Power, on whose land the terminal is being built, will build the jetty required to import the gas. Fraissinette Managing Director of Indigas - said funding details are being worked out by the French bank Societe Generale. "Our debt may account for 60-70 per cent of the cost with the rest being equity," he said, adding that the details will be known only in 2002. The company is waiting for environmental clearance from the federal government which it hopes to receive by the end of June. Fraissinette plans to begin gas sales by 2005. "The potential for LNG in India is huge. It is a cleaner and more efficient fuel," he added General Shipbuilding News MOL(Japan) contracted to build three PCTCs(Capacity : 6,000 cars) with Shin Kurushima shipyard(Japan), and four bulk carriers (two capsize-DWT 178,000, two Panamax) with NKK shipyard(Japan). NKK(Japan) got order of two VLCC(DWT 300,000) from Neptune Orient Lines(S'pore) and three Capesize bulk carriers(DWT 170,000). Viktor Lenac shipyard(Croatia) got order of a submarine cable layer from Bohlen & Doyen Submarine Cable & Pipe GMBH & Co. CEVRON sold out a VLCC( DWT 272,671, vessel name : MV. Charles Piggott) built in 1973 Hitachi shipyard contracted to build a Tanker(DWT 70,000) with Wah Kwong Shipping Holding Limited(HongKong). Sanoyas shipyard(Japan) contracted to build a bulk carrier(DWT 75K) with Itochu(Japan) Sanko Kisen(Japan), Sasebo Heavy Ind. Contracted to build three Aframax Tankers (DWT : 85,000) with Namura shipyard at the price of US$ 42.50 Mill per ship. HALLO(Germany) plans to build a Cruiser. Its delivery due to the earlier 2003. Genmar Maritime(USA) plans to purchase nine ships built after 1990.(Price :US$ 360 Mill) EU-Korea to heat up shipbuilding rivalry Due to unfair subsidies and tax breaks given to its shipbuilders, the European Union is expected to propose filing a complaint to the World Trade Organization against South Korea. The 15-nation EU alleged that the government aid allows Korean shipbuilders to sell new ships below cost. In response, the Korean government said that the competitive price offered by local shipbuilders is attributed to the weak won and improved productivity. South Korea also plans to take counter measures if the EU goes ahead with the complaint to WTO. New global timetable to phase-out single-hull tankers agreed As a result of Marine Environment Protection Committee - 46th session: 23-27 April 2001, In a landmark decision for the cause of safer shipping and cleaner oceans, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved a new global timetable for accelerating the phase-out of single-hull oil tankers. Delegates from IMO's 158 member States agreed to a timetable that will see most single-hull oil tankers eliminated by 2015 or earlier. Big FPSO contract for ABS ABS has been selected as the preferred classification society for one of the world largest FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) projects. The two FPSOs associated with the overall $2.5 billion project are each capable of storing around 2 million barrels and processing 150,000 b/d crude oil. Litton Ingalls gets $196.5 million LHD 8 contract An additional $196.5 million has been awarded to Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, by The U.S. Navy for the continuation of work towards the construction of an eighth WASP (LHD 1) Class large-deck, multipurpose, amphibious assault ship. SK Hustles to Samsung for Fresh VLCCs SK Shipping has moved swiftly to replace three single-skin VLCCs by ordering a trio of newbuildings at Samsung while Hyundai is close to a similar order with a European owner. SK Shipping last month sold the VLCCs C Commander, C Frontier and C Voyager. Yard sources say an order for replacement 300,000 tonners should be signed within days. Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins Orders Worth US$2.1 Billion Daewoo has acquired new shipbuilding orders worth US$2.1 billion for 18 vessels excluding optional items, the total orders amounted to US$1 billion for 11 ships, which include four units of very large container ships, three of LNG carrier and two VLCC (very large crude carrier). from clients in four European nations, including Germany, France and Belgium last week.New Page 2 This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.About Us Left Menu Agency Services Cargo Booking & Tracking Project Cargo Handling Bunkering & Crew Change Vessel Progress Report Berthing Prospects Provision & Storage Supply Chartering & Brokerage Freight Forwarding Logistics Management Shipping Schedules Qatar port Information Vessel Disbursement EmailAbout Us National Shipping & Marine Services offers its clientele full range of shipping services solution representing the following trades : Container Lines Dry Bulk Cargo Carriers Tankers & Product Carriers Car Carriers Passenger & Naval Ships A company with an positive progressive attitude, with a keen interest to generate new business not only for the company itself, but also for the existing and potential clients. 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GMT + 3 12 Berths (10 General/Ro Ro/Cattle Carrier + 2 Container Vessel) Navigation Limitation Radio Communication Tidal Range & Flow Ro-Ro/Live Stock Vsls Can Transit Doha Channel Only During Day Light. Ch 16 & 14, "Doha Port Radio" Mlw 0.4 M, Mhw 1.6 M, Average Current 2.0-2.5 Kn Max Berthing Vessel Traffic Density of Water No Significant Delays, a Notice of 24 Hrs prior VSL arrival with full Vessel Details, Draft and a reconfirmation before 6 Hrs required. Pilot compulsory for vessels above 4.27 M Draft Approx 700 Vessels Per Annum 1030-1032 Weather Operated By Doha Outer BUOY Prevailing winds nw'ly and generally calm throughout the year Port Authority of Doha Fairway Buoy 120 (T) 2.4' From No.1 (S) Beacon Position Lat.25 16.8" N Long 51 41'5" E. Draft Container Handling Equipment Quay Length at Terminal 7 M During All Times, 8.3 M During High Tide, 9.5 M At New Contr Terminal. 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