Arab ports federation meets in Morocco next fall

The governing board of the Arab ports Federation will hold its coming session in Morocco next October.

The decision was made by the board at a meeting it held last week in Tripoli, Northern Lebanon.

The Tripoli session also adopted a memorandum of understanding on states' monitoring of ships in harbors and convened to extend the term of the federation secretary general, Ahmed Sayyed Hamida.

Saudi ports, the port of Tripoli, a research center and a dockers' training institute, stemming from the Arab maritime transport and technology academy, were admitted as new members of the federation.

The federation of Arab ports is a specialized body stemming from the Arab economic unity council.