Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) recorded 14 per cent growth in container volumes during the first half of 2014, compared with the same period last year. The terminal, located at Port Khaled in the heart of the city of Sharjah, is operated by Gulftainer, the largest privately owned terminal operator in the Middle East. Gulftainer also operates  Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) on Sharjah’s ...

Sharjah’s tourism resort business had a busy start to 2014, with 180,000 tourists registering at beach hotels and resorts during the first half of the year. According to the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), beach hotels enjoyed a record 80% average occupancy during the period January to June 2014. Sharjah views tourism as a strategic pillar of the ...

Sharjah International Airport passenger traffic soared in the second quarter of 2014 as the airport added more than 200 flights over May, June and early July as a result of runway repair works taking place at the nearby Dubai airport. Sharjah handled 2.6 million passengers in the second quarter, being 20 percent more than during the same period in 2013, ...