The Port of

Salalah Salalah ( ar, صَلَالَة, Ṣalālah) is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani governorate of Dhofar. Its population in 2009 was about 197,169. Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest city ...

is the largest port in

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and has been in operation since 1998. Situated in the

Dhofar Governorate The Dhofar Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ظُفَار, Muḥāfaẓat Ẓufār) is the largest of the 11 Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen's Al Mahrah Gov ...

, on the

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which is on the northern part of the Indian Ocean, it is centrally located at the crossroads of trade between Asia and Europe. With over 2.5 billion consumers, it serves the markets of East Africa, the Red Sea, the Indian Subcontinent and the Arabian/Persian Gulf on its doorstep. The port is part of the Maritime

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that runs from the Chinese coast via the

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to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region of

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with its rail connections to

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and

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. In 2009, a container ship that had departed from this Oman port was hijacked by Somalian pirates.

History

Operator

The port has been managed by APM Terminals, the Danish terminal operating company, since 1998. The operating company, Salalah Port Services Company (S.A.O.G.), is listed on the

Muscat Securities Market The Muscat Securities Market (MSM, ar, سوق مسقط للأوراق المالية ) is the only stock exchange in Oman. It was established by the Royal Decree (53/88) issued on 21 June 1988, to regulate and control the Omani securities mar ...

Terminals

The port operates both a container terminal and a general cargo terminal, and serves the local and regional community. The port was formerly known as Raysut Harbour or

Mina' Raysut The Port of Salalah is the largest port in Oman and has been in operation since 1998. Situated in the Dhofar Governorate, on the Arabian Sea which is on the northern part of the Indian Ocean, it is centrally located at the crossroads of trade betw ...

or Port Raysut. It can accommodate large vessels up to 16m draft. It is the main Container Transhipment Terminal of the region.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20071012022603/http://www.salalahport.com/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20111109131855/http://www.apmterminals.com/africa-mideast/salalah/ * https://issuu.com/oeppa/docs/salalah_report_2016 Transport in Oman Ports and harbours of Oman {{Oman-geo-stub

History

Operator

Terminals

See also

References

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