Port of Salalah
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Through Silk Road and Eastern Europe
The port is part of the Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region of Trieste with its rail connections to Central and Eastern Europe.
In 2009, a container ship that had departed from this Oman port was hijacked by Somalian pirates.
History
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Operator
The port has been managed by APM Terminals, the Danish terminal operating company, since 1998. The operating company, Salalah Port Services Company (S.A.O.G.), is listed on the Muscat Securities Market.
Terminals
The port operates both a container terminal and a general cargo terminal, and serves the local and regional community.
The port was formerly known as Raysut Harbour or Mina' Raysut or Port Raysut. It can accommodate large vessels up to 16m draft. It is the main Container Transhipment Terminal of the region.