Bases Already Established at Capital City Muscat and Port of Salalah
Maersk has strengthened its footprint in Oman after launching a new office at the Sohar Freezone on the sultanate’s northern coast.
The office is the shipping giant’s third in Oman, with bases already established in capital city Muscat and the Port of Salalah.
The Sohar office will allow Maersk to provide a range of services to its customers, it said, including ocean and landside transportation, cross border movement of cargo, customs clearance, warehousing and distribution, cold chain logistics and air freight.
“Oman is a significant market for us where we are committed to serving our important customers by bringing world-class integrated logistics solutions closer to them. Our ambition is to simplify the supply chains, make them efficient and transparent, and thus contribute towards the Oman Vision 2040 that aims at making Oman a competitive economy,” said Christopher Cook, managing director of Maersk UAE, Oman and Qatar.
“Sohar Freezone was a natural choice for us to set up our new office because of its strategic location at the port and the world-class infrastructure of road network and air connectivity on offer,” the executive added.
Sohar Port and Freezone, Oman’s largest port complex, is managed by Sohar Industrial Port Company, a 50:50 JV between state-run logistics group Asyad and the Port of Rotterdam, host port for Breakbulk Europe 2023.
The ports of Salalah and Duqm on the Arabian coast are the sultanate’s other key gateways for breakbulk and project cargo.
Maersk, meanwhile, has also announced the launch of its first warehousing and distribution centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
The company said the new 10,000 square-metre bonded facility would offer its customers easy connectivity to rail, road, air and port infrastructure while playing the role of an important link in integrated logistics solutions.
The new facility is strategically located close to the Belcon rail siding, the Port of Cape Town and Cape Town International Airport.
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