Salalah posts strong growth
NewsIn 2016, Oman’s largest port Salalah posted an impressive 25% surge in its container traffic, with 3.3M TEU handled....
Cavotec books more MoorMaster deals
NewsCavotec has won important MoorMaster automated mooring orders from existing MoorMaster customer, the Port of Salalah in Oman, for use at two...
Salalah box traffic up 29% in H1 2016
NewsContainer throughput at the Port of Salalah, part of APM Terminals' global terminal network, reached 1.584M TEU in H1 2016, a 29% increase y...
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...
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...
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 ...
SPS plans expansion
NewsOman port operator Salalah Port Services (SPS)is seeking government approval for a US$150 mill expansion programme, which envisages two new ...
Gulf ports strive for bigger role
NewsRecent oil price hikes could provide a fillip for container ports in the Gulf. Higher demand for oil-based export products, aluminium and ot...
Salalah FTZ deal
NewsThe Government of the Sultanate of Oman has named Salalah Port Services Company (SPS) as project manager for the proposed Salalah Port Free ...