On behalf of the Port of Salalah, welcome to our website.
The Salalah Port Project is the largest privatization project in Oman and is hailed as a role model for achieving the Sultanate's strategic direction of Diversification, Omanisation and Privatization. The success of the port's development has been an engine for economic development in the southern region of Oman, Dhofar and has created a significant number of job opportunities for local nationals in addition to new business opportunities for local companies in the region.
The Port of Salalah is a common-user multi-purpose port, with facilities to handle bulk cargo, containers, general and liquid cargoes and in addition offers value added services such as bunkering, container repairs, a container freight station, warehousing and ship repairs. The majority of our business comes from the container terminal, which handled about 2.64 million TEU and more than 1,500 vessels in 2007.
Today the capacity of the container terminal is 4.5 million TEU. A tender for detailed design of Terminal 2 which has just been launched which will add 1350 meters to the existing 2,205 meters linear quay,.
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Kind regards,
Martijn van de Linde
Chief Executive Officer