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Oman signs pact with Hutchison to develop and manage Khasab port

By Pramod Kumar
terminal, boats, sea, cranes Unsplash/Olga Subach
Rakiza has spent some of the fund on 31 percent of a Port Sohar container terminal in Oman

Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology signed a framework agreement with global container terminal company Hutchison Ports Sohar to develop, manage and operate Khasab port, Times of Oman reported.

The company started managing and operating the port on October 1.

The agreement entails studies for developing the port’s infrastructure and expansion.

The preliminary reports of the first three years of operations will decide whether a long-term agreement of over 30 years will be signed.

Local partners are likely to join in the port management process, the newspaper said, citing Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology Said Hamoud Al Maawali.

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