Salalah selling CSL chalks up first sales off more RTGs
NewsThe Port of Salalah in Oman says that increasing productivity will enable it to reduce the size of its RTG fleet. In early 2010 the port com...
Sohar bulking up
NewsTwo large scale projects are underway at Oman’s Port of Sohar, designed to transform the wider Batinah region into a regional hub for indu...
Sohar breaks 1000 calls barrier
NewsOn 30 December the growing Omani port handled its 1000th ship call for the year...
APL into Oman
NewsAPL and the Port of Salalah have formed a 50:50 joint venture to operate a new two-berth container terminal at the Omani port....
MoorMaster deal in Oman
NewsCavotec MSL has won an order to supply 12 MoorMaster automated mooring units to Salalah Port Services Company (SAOG) in the Port of Salalah,...
Call for cooperation, not competition in the Indian Ocean
NewsThe president of the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA), Siddick Chady, has called on the ports of the Indian Ocean to cooperate rather than co...
Salalah builds on
NewsThe Port of Salalah has received the green light from the Government of Oman for the construction of an additional three deepwater container...
Salalah invests in new cranes
NewsThe Port of Salalah, Oman is preparing for significant expansion of port capacity with investments in additional handling equipment, includi...
Cavotec expands MV product range
NewsScandinavia-based Cavotec Connectors, working in close co-operation with the Cavotec Middle East “Centre of Excellence” in Dubai, has se...
Khasab Port deal
NewsA joint venture management company has been established by Port Services Corporation (PSC) of Oman and Germany-based IQ Martrade to manage t...
Omani-Turkish joint venture for Duqm
NewsA joint venture consisting of Consolidated Contractors Company (Oman) and Swzai Turkes Feyzi Akkaya Ltd (STFA) of Turkey has been awarded a ...
OICT officially opened
NewsOman International Container Terminal (OICT), which commenced operations in September last year, celebrated the grand opening of its Termina...
…Sohar on the blocks
NewsThe first berth of HPH’s container terminal at the Omani Port of Sohar will become operational next month. Terminal B was built and will b...
APMT puts vacuum mooring to the test
NewsMooring Systems of New Zealand has installed two of its MoorMaster 400 shore-based 40,000 kg vacuum mooring stations at the Port of Salalah ...
HPH to run Oman container terminal
NewsHutchison Port Holdings (HPH) of Hong Kong is forming a joint venture with the government of Oman and Dutch company C Steinweg Handelsveem t...