{"id":84894,"date":"2025-03-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/03\/04\/oman-to-build-omr-28-mn-mutli-purpose-fishing-port-in-masirah\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:00:00","slug":"oman-to-build-omr-28-mn-mutli-purpose-fishing-port-in-masirah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/03\/04\/oman-to-build-omr-28-mn-mutli-purpose-fishing-port-in-masirah\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman to build OMR 28 mn mutli-purpose fishing port in Masirah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Oman is getting a new fishing port<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Oman inked a OMR 28 mn contract with Khimji Ramdas Contracting and Archimedes Marine Engineering to build a multi-purpose fishing port in Masirah, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MAFWR_OM\/status\/1896503658126418054\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The port \u2014 spanning 15 hectares \u2014 will include 13 floating berths and a sand beach spanning 1.1 km as well as a breakwater extending 4.1 km along the facility. The port is forecasted to generate some OMR 23.5 mn and poised to net some 7.5k tonnes of white leg shrimps annually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Oman\u2019s shrimp exports: <\/strong>Oman exported about 419.5k kg of shrimps in 2023, at a value of USD 3.7 mn, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wits.worldbank.org\/trade\/comtrade\/en\/country\/OMN\/year\/2023\/tradeflow\/Exports\/partner\/ALL\/product\/030613\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">World Bank trade data<\/a>. The majority of shrimp exports in 2023 were earmarked for regional markets, with Egypt snapping about a third. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Not Oman\u2019s first fishing port project: <\/strong>The country\u2019s OMR 40 mn (USD 104 mn) Dibba Fishing Port located in the Musandam governorate is slated to be operational by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/6dfa1fca-07d4-4bb8-a3d0-4b269beb01e4\/development-work-at-oman%25e2%2580%2599s-usd-104-mn-dibba%253cmark%253e-port%253c%2Fmark%253e-is-75%2525-complete\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">1Q 2025<\/a>. 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