Omani port to issue tenders for expansion work

Oman's Port of Salalah plans to issue tender documents for construction work on the $120m expansion of the port's general container terminal to begin by the end of March, Meed has reported. The expansion of the general container terminal involves building a further 1,200 metres of multi-purpose berths, a new northern breakwater, facilities for dry-bulk commodities and a new liquids jetty. The expansion will increase capacity at the terminal to 40 million tonnes of dry-bulk commodities and five million tonnes of liquid products each year. The contract is part of a larger $645m expansion planned by the Port of Salalah.