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Figure 38: New Busses for Muscat
Source: Elham Pourmohammadi, Oman Times 07.11.2015
Oman historically is a sea going country situated in the horn of the Arabian Peninsula with open
water access the Indian Ocean. Prior to the discovery of oil, trade was the major commercial
activity. The SCP includes ports into its portfolio but not shipping that is handled directly by the
Ministry of Transport and Communications. The SCP in the 11th plan have implemented the
vision of Oman becoming a regional cargo hub centred on its main ports.
is the biggest port with six berths that have been managed by APM Terminals,
the Dutch terminal operating company, since 1998. The operating company, Salalah Port
Services Company (S.A.O.G.), is listed on the Omani stock exchange. Other smaller ports are at
Duqm n as shown i The merchant
fleet is expanding around the Oil and Chemical Industries with 16 VLCCs, 17 product tankers
and 4 chemical carriers, OSC’s fleet of product carriers accounts for more than half of the
company’s national fleet that is wholly owned by the Oman Shipping Company (OSC). OSC is
expanding into dry bulk and containers, which is driving investment in container handling in the
major ports. Whether Oman has the scale to be able to compete with Dubai in the Gulf for deep-
sea ships and Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCV) is unlikely.
Figure 39: The Ports of Oman
Source: World Port Source