MIDDLE EAST

Bulk volumes up yet again at Salalah

15 years ago

Salalah is seeing a steep rise in bulk volumes, partially on the back of the increased appetite for fuel and steel. The port’s record 764,000 tons of cargo for May was up 31% on the same month last year.

Power and steel go hand in hand to fire Salalah’s bulk volumes

Kutaiba Al-Hatmy of the Port of Salalah tells Port Strategy that the General Cargo terminal’s decade of double-digit growth is primarily being driven by rising volumes in the liquid, petro-chemical products while the region’s increase in steel has fuelled both gypsum and limestone volumes.

He explains, “Steel production requires 25% limestone input and Oman has the highest of grades. The alternative would be to get it from western Africa, which obviously takes longer.”