RO 177 million worth of projects inaugurated at Duqm SEZ
Both are important regional economic drivers that will help draw both domestic and foreign companies with a focus on fishing and related industries.
Environmentally friendly green energy initiatives are something that the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) is also looking to accommodate at the Duqm fishing port.
The Duqm Fisheries Port will host commercial facilities for Marsa Al Duqm Investment Company, which is a consortium led by a number of Oman Investment Authority companies, represented by Fisheries Development Oman (FDO), Asyad Ports, Al Wusta Fisheries Industries Company and Oman Food Investment Holding Company (Nitaj).
The consortium also includes the French Port of Loriente, which is one of the largest fishing ports in Europe.
Cargo and Customs Services Terminal
The Customs Services Terminal is one of several projects undertaken as part of the third package of works at the Port of Duqm. It consists of buildings designated for the Port of Duqm Company.
The station consists of a onestop-shop building, buildings for truck registration, transit permits, and those designated for the Royal Oman Police and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources.
Besides hosting a medical clinic affiliated with the Ministry of Health, the station also has customs gates for the movement of vehicles into and out of the port, management of the import and export procedures, and utility facilities such power plants, sewage stations, and firefighting water tanks.
New main roads at Duqm Port
Billed as vital projects, roads 1 and 2 connect the Port of Duqm area with the refinery, city centre and other strategic projects implemented in the Heavy and Medium Industries Zones.
Road 1 connects the port and the Dry Dock with National Road 32, which facilitates access to the port projects for those coming from the centre of Duqm and from the Governorate of Muscat via the Muscat–sinaw– Duqm road.
Thus, the road is the third thoroughfare leading to the Port of Duqm and the dry dock, while road 5 stretches from the existing crossroads connecting both roads 1 and 6 and ends at the Duqm Port Bulk Liquid Berth.