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Location of Oman's Salalah, Sohar ports touted as best asset
来源：shippingazette.com 编辑：编辑部 发布：2017/11/28 09:19:43
OMAN's Salalah and Sohar ports touted as the region's best located ports to feed the Middle East, Indian subcontinent and East Africa from passing mega ships in east west trades. Aside from developing excellent port and logistics infrastructure, the Sultanate also has good air connections, reported Singapore's Business Times.
Maersk's APM Terminals Salalah terminal is expanding capacity at its general cargo terminal (GCT) to meet future demand. It is Oman's biggest port and main shipment centre.
Salalah has a five million TEU capacity with seven berths and 18-metres alongside. It handled 3.3 million TEU and 13.3 million tonnes of bulk cargo in 2016. The GCT has 14 berths with 18 metres alongside.
To meet increasing demands at the GCT, the government built a new general cargo and liquid bulk jetty with a quay length of 1,266 metres.
The port offers one of the fastest transit times from the region to connect businesses to the Asia-Europe trade lane, with 52 direct-port connections and feeder connections to reach markets in East Africa, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations.
Between 1998 and December 2016, the port handled 45 million TEU and 85 million tonnes of cargo at the GCT. With the development of new berths, capacity will rise to 20 million tonnes per annum.
The Port of Salalah is also a well-integrated facility, with connections between the port, free zone and Salalah airport, which is located 15 minutes away.
Among the companies operating at Salalah port and its free zone are those specialising in bulk commodities such as cement, minerals, limestone, wheat, methanol, liquids, construction materials and other raw materials used in manufacturing plastics, car parts and clothes.
The relatively newer Sohar port and free zone has taken advantage of its location to develop rapidly as a logistics hub.
Container volumes in the second quarter of 2017 were up by 11 per cent year on year and overall throughput at the Hutchison Ports-managed Sohar terminal has tripled over the past five years, in line with added investments to increase efficiency.
With more lines from Asia making direct calls at Sohar on ever larger vessels, the port is working together with Hutchison and other terminal operators to increase efficiency and help reduce costs at the new remote-controlled Terminal C.
These include an automated truck appointment system to reduce turnaround times, and new auto-gates, which reduce paperwork and speed up container collections.
Combined with the new port management system (PMS) in Sohar, an online platform that allows shipping agents to access and share real-time information on cargo movements, Sohar port now ranks among the most innovative ports in the Middle East.
Maersk's APM Terminals Salalah terminal is expanding capacity at its general cargo terminal (GCT) to meet future demand. It is Oman's biggest port and main shipment centre.
Salalah has a five million TEU capacity with seven berths and 18-metres alongside. It handled 3.3 million TEU and 13.3 million tonnes of bulk cargo in 2016. The GCT has 14 berths with 18 metres alongside.
To meet increasing demands at the GCT, the government built a new general cargo and liquid bulk jetty with a quay length of 1,266 metres.
The port offers one of the fastest transit times from the region to connect businesses to the Asia-Europe trade lane, with 52 direct-port connections and feeder connections to reach markets in East Africa, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations.
Between 1998 and December 2016, the port handled 45 million TEU and 85 million tonnes of cargo at the GCT. With the development of new berths, capacity will rise to 20 million tonnes per annum.
The Port of Salalah is also a well-integrated facility, with connections between the port, free zone and Salalah airport, which is located 15 minutes away.
Among the companies operating at Salalah port and its free zone are those specialising in bulk commodities such as cement, minerals, limestone, wheat, methanol, liquids, construction materials and other raw materials used in manufacturing plastics, car parts and clothes.
The relatively newer Sohar port and free zone has taken advantage of its location to develop rapidly as a logistics hub.
Container volumes in the second quarter of 2017 were up by 11 per cent year on year and overall throughput at the Hutchison Ports-managed Sohar terminal has tripled over the past five years, in line with added investments to increase efficiency.
With more lines from Asia making direct calls at Sohar on ever larger vessels, the port is working together with Hutchison and other terminal operators to increase efficiency and help reduce costs at the new remote-controlled Terminal C.
These include an automated truck appointment system to reduce turnaround times, and new auto-gates, which reduce paperwork and speed up container collections.
Combined with the new port management system (PMS) in Sohar, an online platform that allows shipping agents to access and share real-time information on cargo movements, Sohar port now ranks among the most innovative ports in the Middle East.