Asyad CT opens in Duqm

A new container terminal being developed at the port of Duqm, Oman, is scheduled to open in early 2020. The new facility will have an initial capacity to handle 200,000 TEU a year, but will have the footprint, including a 2.2 km quay, to handle as many as 3.5M TEU. The speed with which this capacity is phased into operation will depend on demand.

The Port of Duqm and Oman Rail Company (ORC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will pave the way for the new port to be connected to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) rail network, and for the development of a large rail hub and support centre in the central coastal belt of the country.

The new Omani port of Duqm, which lies approximately 350 miles northeast of Salalah, is expected to handle its first containers in the opening quarter of 2016. Ultimately, a 3.5M TEU dedicated terminal will be built as part of the first phase of Duqm’s development programme.

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