News MVRDV designs shipping container sports club for Jordanian refugee camp Dutch architect MVRDV has developed a modular clubhouse for the Azraq camp in Jordan, which is home to about 41,000 refugees from the fighting in Syria. The idea is to…
News APM Terminals to invest $240m in Jordan’s Aqaba port in return for 15-year extension The Kingdom of Jordan signed an agreement with APM Terminals on Wednesday to upgrade the container terminal at its port in Aqaba on the Red Sea. The Dutch company will…
News UAE set to build $2.3bn freight railway from Dead Sea to Red Sea Etihad Rail has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jordan to build a 360km freight railway worth $2.3bn. The line will connect Jordan’s phosphate and potash mines in Al-Shidiya and…
News Hill to oversee construction of $400m teaching hospital in Jordan The Saudi Jordanian Fund for Medical and Educational Investments Company (SJFMEI) has chosen US consultant Hill International to manage the construction of a 330-bed university hospital in Amman, the capital…
Trends Our sun for your water: Israel, Jordan renew ambitious solar-for-desalination plan Israel and Jordan have renewed a groundbreaking agreement to trade solar energy generated in Jordan, one of the world’s most water-stressed countries, for water desalinated in Israel. The MoU signed…