Port of Duqm Company profile

Muscat, January 2012

Contents A. Introduction.

B. Company creation.

C. Regional facts.

D. Development plan ( Commercial Berths and Dry Dock).

E. Port key figures

F. Port stakeholders.

A. Introduction • Early 2000 : GOSO embarked on a visionary project to create a new port in Duqm.

• 2007: MoTC started to build the first phase of the port.

• 2010: Port of Duqm Company (PDC) was created.

• April 2011: concession agreement initialled between GOSO and PDC.

• May 2011: port starts receiving vessels for the Shipyard (ODC).

• Mid 2012: first cargo handling operations (cement, project cargo, bulk).

B. Company Creation

• Port of Duqm Company SAOC (PDC) is a Joint Venture between Consortium Antwerp Port and the Government of the Sultanate of Oman.

• 20 April 2011: Concession agreement for PDC was initialled.

• Duration of the concession: 28 years (3 years + 25 years).

• The Concession is for the operation, management and marketing of the port.

C. Regional facts

Mid-East

ISC

East Africa

Red Sea

Mid-East

ISCEast Africa

The pyramid shows each region’s total and gateway traffic in Million teu and growth rate over last 10 years (2000-10)

D. Development Plan

Duqm Area

D. Development planPORT

D. Development plan

D. Commercial Berths

D. Dry Dock

E. Port key figures

• Area:– Total port area: 197 km2 , of which 60 km2 is land– Rentable port-related Industrial zone area: about 6,000 hectares

• Breakwaters:– Lee breakwater: 4.1 km– Main breakwater: 4.5 km

• Water depths: to allow safe reception of vessels with capacity up to 150 000 DWT– Approach channel: -19m– Quays: -18m (commercial berths)

• Indicative Capacity of Phase 1 (2.3km berth, 80 ha. terminal, 900 ha. back-up storage):– Multipurpose terminal : 0.8 Mt – Container terminal : 3.5 M TEU– Dry bulk terminal : 5.0 Mt

• Phase 2: at least 10km quay length and/or several liquid jetties (still to be tendered)

E.Port Stakeholders

Port of Duqm Company (pilotage, maritime safety, emergency response, …)

ROP (customs, immigration, civil defence)

Ministry of Health MECA

Railway station

Containers back-up storage

area

Light industry

area

Oman Dry Dock

Commercial Quay (container, bulk &

multi-purpose terminals)

Liquid Terminal

Government berth (ROP, Royal

Yacht, …)

Future expansion

area

Liquid Storage

Logistics area

Thank you very muchShukran

Port of Duqm Companypeter.broers@portduqm.com