Duqm Port

The Port of Duqm has a total area of 188 square kilometres (73 square miles), and includes land for industry, an oil storage terminal, commercial and government berths, a dry dock, and associated logistical lands. It is protected by a main breakwater and a secondary one; the height of the main breakwater is 11 metres (36 feet) above sea level and more than 22 metres (72 feet) on average to the sea floor, and is 4.1 kilometres (3 miles) in length. The length of the secondary breakwater is 4.6 kilometres (3 miles).

Its commercial berth has four stations, including two container terminals with a length of about 1,600 metres (5,249 feet) and an annual capacity to handle about 3.5 million standard containers, a terminal for dry bulk materials with an annual capacity of about 5,000,000 tonnes (5,511,557 tons), and a multi-use terminal with an annual capacity of about 800,000 tonnes (881,849 tons) and a Ro-Ro capacity of 200,000 cars per annum.

International agreements

In August 2017, the Oman and the United Kingdom (UK) governments jointly established the UK Joint Logistics Support Base (UKJLSB) at Duqm Port. The port has sufficient space and depth to berth the Royal Navy's latest Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. In 2018, the port was used for Exercise Saif Sareea 3 (Exercise Swift Sword 3), a 10-day long, bilateral tri-service military exercise. Also in 2018, the Indian government announced that it would use Duqm Port for maintenance of Indian military vessels.

In March 2019, the United States embassy announced an agreement for USA access to the ports at Salalah and Duqm. In September 2020, the UK Defence Secretary announced a plan to triple the size of its UK Joint Logistics Support Base at the Omani port, with a further £23.8 million investment.