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Saudi Arabia Demonstrates Leadership in Maritime Transport Industry

Saudi Arabia Demonstrates Leadership in Maritime Transport Industry
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Saudi Arabia Demonstrates Leadership in Maritime Transport Industry

Saudi Arabia Demonstrates Leadership in Maritime Transport Industry

Ambassador of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the United Kingdom Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz stressed his country’s keenness to create a good environment for the prosperity of the maritime transport industry to constitute an economic pillar and a large area for localization to achieve Saudi Vision 2030.

These comments were made by Prince Mohammed during his sponsorship of the induction meeting on the occasion of the Kingdom's candidacy for the membership of the International Maritime Organization Council for the category “C” and the definition of maritime transport in the Kingdom and its achievements.

The event took place in London on Thursday, and it was attended by Minister of Transport and CEO of the Saudi Public Transport Authority Dr. Nabil al-Amoudi, President of the Public Transport Authority Dr. Rumaih bin Mohammed al-Rumaih, with the participation of representatives of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Prince Mohammed said that the government of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is keen to let the Kingdom achieve a leading position in the maritime transport industry and receive the support of its sisterly and friendly countries to nominate it for the membership in the IMO Council.

He also stressed the Kingdom’s commitment to all maritime treaties and agreements signed by Saudi Arabia and its pride to support the organization through its contribution to various funds related to the techniques of combating maritime piracy, maritime laws, and specialized marine education, which will benefit the maritime transport industry and its prosperity regionally and internationally.

For his part, Saudi Minister of Transport shed light on the significant transition experienced by maritime transport in its various components in the Kingdom, pointing out that the Kingdom has been an active member of the IMO since 1969.

During the meeting, he reviewed the enormous potential of the Saudi maritime transport industry, which effectively prepares the Kingdom to reserve a regional and international leadership position.

Amoudi highlighted, in his speech before the diplomatic community, the series of achievements made to the Kingdom through its strategic geographical location linking the three continents.

The Public Transport Authority has raised the Saudi flag on more than 273 vessels, and the weight of the load carried by these vessels exceeded 4.3 million tons, thus the Kingdom has the largest naval fleet in the region, Amoudi said.

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Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president. It came after the failure of 12 previous attempts to pick a president and boosts hopes that Lebanon might finally be able to start addressing its dire economic woes.

The country's battered bonds have almost trebled in value since September, when the regional conflict with Israel weakened Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, long viewed as an obstacle to overcoming its political paralysis.

According to Reuters, most of Lebanon's international bonds, which have been in default since 2020, rallied after Aoun's victory was announced to stand 1.3 to 1.7 cents higher on the day and at just over 16 cents on the dollar.

They have risen almost every day since late December, although they remain some of the lowest-priced government bonds in the world, reflecting the scale of Lebanon's difficulties.

With its economy and financial system still reeling from a collapse in 2019, Lebanon is in dire need of international support to rebuild from the conflict, which the World Bank estimates to have cost the country $8.5 billion.

Hasnain Malik, an analyst at financial research firm Tellimer said Aoun's victory was "the first necessary step on a very long road to recovery".

Malik said Aoun now needs to appoint a prime minister and assemble a cabinet that can retain the support of parliament, resuscitate long-delayed reforms and help Lebanon secure international financial support.

The 61-year old Aoun fell short of the required support in Thursday's first round of parliamentary voting and only succeeded in a second round, reportedly after a meeting with Hezbollah and Amal party MPs.

"That presents significant ongoing risk to any new PM and cabinet, which need to maintain the confidence of a majority of parliament," Malik said.