The organisation that maintains and operates navigation aids in the Middle East has been forced to raise its charges after 17 years.
Rising costs for the International Foundation for Aids to Navigation (IFAN) also means a wider pool of vessels will be asked to pay navigational dues (nav dues) in the region.
Subsidiary Middle East Navigation Service (MENAS) had to review its funding to make sure it can continue to help keep seafarers safe and protect the marine environment in the Middle East Gulf, TradeWinds is told.
