Abdul Aziz al-Mazroui

Situated on the southeastern seaboard of the Sultanate of Oman, overlooking the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean beyond, Port of Duqm becoming an important reality of the ME region’s rapidly transforming maritime landscape. With its deep draft, lengthy quay walls, and expansive basin, Port of Duqm has the trappings of a world-class, multipurpose commercial gateway. At the heart of Port of Duqm’s appeal is its strategic geopolitical location. It is this advantageous location that the Omani government seeks to leverage as it sets out to position Duqm as a safe, stable and business-friendly destination for industrial and economic investment. Indeed, the Port of Duqm in particular stand to reap the benefits of the country’s international reputation as an oasis of tranquility and standard-bearer of regional peace and reconciliation. Duqm Port project is one of the important projects in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm and is a major gateway for investment in the region, which earned its great importance being strategically overlooking the Arabian Sea, making Oman a gateway for the Asian and African continent, plus the port consists of a structure at the highest levels of technical construction of waves breakers (8,7) kilometers in length, commercial berths (2,250) meters in length and (18) meters in depth, Governmental Services berths (980) meters in length and 10 meters in depth, which includes 4 terminals consisting of a Multi-purpose terminal, bulk goods and 2 container terminals plus the dry dock of Oman Dry dock Company which was implemented and operational in 2013. PDC has 3 major roles in Duqm, first the management and the terminal operation of the Port itself, secondly, the management of all logistic zone in the direct vicinity of the port. On a third aspect, PDC is also financing, developing, managing and marketing 2000ha of industrial and petrochemical zone. These zones enjoy an optimal integration with the Port of Duqm.