ROADS-

#1- Oman’s Special Economic Zone at Duqm (Sezad) inaugurated its OMR 58 mn road project linking Duqm Airport with the oil storage terminal in Ras Markaz, Oman’s state news agency ONA reported. The project — totalling over 51 km — includes the development of 43 km-long dual lanes and a secondary roads network of 11.5 km. The road also improves connectivity around the Green Industries Zone and leads to other highways connecting to Salalah.

#2- Oman breaks ground on Rakhyout-Dhalkout road: Oman’s Transport, Communications, and Information Technology Ministry (MTCIT) has kickstarted construction on a 20 km-long, 12 m-wide dirt road in Dhofar Governorate, Oman News reported on Sunday. The new road will link Rakhyout and Dhalkout in Dhofar Governorate, cutting the travel distance between the two by 40 km. The project comes as part of efforts to improve road infrastructure within the governorate, with future plans to pave the road in the future.

Oman’s been on top of its road network: The MTCIT started construction on the 857-km OMR 258 mn Sultan Said bin Taimour Road dualization project in June, after inking agreement with three Omani-Saudi cosnortiums, starting with a phase of the project with a total length of 400 km. Oman also awarded contracts valued at OMR 101 mn to upgrade several road projects across multiple governorates.

AVIATION-

Riyadh Air inked a five-year partnership with aviation solutions provider SATS Saudi Arabia to provide cargo handling services at key airports across the Kingdom, the airline said in a statement yesterday. The agreement includes the Riyadh Air hub at King Khalid International Airport, Dammam’s King Fahd International Airport, and Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport. Under the partnership, SATS will be tasked with developing world-class hub management capabilities for Riyadh Air.

ICYMI- Home-grown Avilog Logistics Services acquired a 49% stake in the Saudi arm of Singapore-based logistics firm SATS last July, with the goal of supporting SATS Saudi Arabia’s expansion plans, including the establishment of a new cargo facility in Jeddah and the implementation of multi-modal operations across the Kingdom. The initial agreement was signed back in November.

DATA CENTERS-

Turner & Townsend tapped for du’s AED 2 bn Dubai data center: State-owned telco giant du appointed UK-based multinational professional services company Turner & Townsend to provide project and cost management services for its first hyperscale data center in Dubai, according to a statement.

Background: Du said it will build an AED 2 bn hyperscale data center in Dubai, with Microsoft as its main tenant back in April. The 20k sqm facility will be built in phases to expand AI capacity and sovereign cloud solutions as well as meet rising demand.

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