The shipping platform

Location: Salalah port is located on the S coast of Oman, approx 20km SW of the town. General overview: Salalah is a deep water port which offers a sheltered harbour protected by two breakwaters. The Port of Salalah is the largest port in Oman and has been in operation since 1998. The port operates both a container terminal and a general cargo terminal, and serves the local and regional community, also an liquid bulk terminal is available. The port has facilities for handling containers, Ro-Ro, general cargo, bulk oil cargoes and cruise ships and has become a major container transhipment port for the Gulf. Commodities handled include; cement, limestone, gypsum, steel, wheat, plastics, resin and livestock. The Container Terminal consists of 6 berths with a quay length of 2197m, a draft of up to 18m, and a capacity of 5 million TEU per annum. This is supported by an up-to-date infrastructure that can handle the world's largest container vessels. Port of Salalah boasts one of the region's largest and busiest multipurpose General Cargo Terminal handling commodities like dry bulk, liquid bulk, Cruise and RoRo. While Port of Salalah is the largest exporter of Gypsum in the world, It also takes significant volumes of Limestone, Clinker, Cement and Grains. The General Cargo Terminal consists of 13 berths for dry bulk and two berths for liquid cargo with a total distance of 3,292 meters with draught up to 18m allowing Capesize vessels to berth. The Port of Salalah’s liquid bulk terminal has two dedicated berths of 18m draft spanning 666 meters with an annual handling capacity of 6 million Tones. Port of Salalah’s liquid terminal currently handles a diverse portfolio of cargo ranging from Fuel, Methanol, LPG, MEG, and vegetable oil. Traffic figures: Approx 1,500 vessels, 2,800,000t of cargo and 3,000,000TEU handled annually. Load line zone: Tropical. Max size: LOA: 400 m; draught: 18 m. Container berths: No LOA restriction, draught 17.5m. Tanker berth: LOA 285m, draught 10.0m, 35,000DWT.