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Jassim AlShirawi
02 October, 2015
Operational, technical, environmental and tax challenges facing the shipping industry

Historically, the shipping industry has been known as a fragmented industry characterized by limited distinction and rapid impact on economic cycles a...

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Jassim AlShirawi
01 May, 2016
I decided to buy a ship…

 Today I decided to take some calculated risk. So I decided to buy a ship, and what is the best ship to buy? Of course, the one that has the wors...

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Jassim AlShirawi
20 November, 2017
Investments in Food Security

Investing in food securityFood security refers to the extent to which a country is able to provide its food needs under various circumstances, whether...

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Jassim AlShirawi
05 November, 2015
Mega Yachts: Toy of the Wealthy ... Revenue and Diversification for the Economy

This article aims to give an overview of the mega-yachts industry, and the challenges that the shipbuilding and mega-yacht building and repair industr...


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Strategic Importance and Economic Returns
Jassim AlShirawi
15 August, 2015

Dry docks play a key role in meeting the industrial infrastructure needs of different countries around the world and contribute to fulfilling the needs of the construction and repair of commercial ships of various types and sizes. They also meet the...

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Infrastructure and LNG as Fuel for Ships
Jassim AlShirawi
11 March, 2016

The need to secure fuel for the various means of transport is growing at an increasing pace driven by the continuous need of people to move about, the continuing growth in the world’s population and the limited global reserves of oil, taking into acc...

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National Vessels with a Foreign Citizenship
Jassim AlShirawi
10 April, 2016

Many ships sailing various seas and oceans raise flags of countries other than those they belong to. Those are known as “Flags of Convenience.” Each ship has a home which is its’ port of registration. This is considered its’ legal home and nationalit...

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Free Zones are a Mechanism for Economic Development
Jassim AlShirawi
03 January, 2017

Free zones are considered one of the mechanisms for advancing the economic development of countries; this is because they contribute in developing various industrial and commercial sectors, which target local markets, foreign markets, or both. This e...

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Tourism Ports and the Economic Multiplier
Jassim AlShirawi
05 March, 2016

The tourism industry has evolved significantly over the past few years after the growing global interest in their activities, due to their accounting for 40% of the trade in global services, and their role in the diversification of the sources of inc...

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