- SOHAR Commercial Manager delivers keynote speech
- Q3 Container volumes in SOHAR rise 53% in 2015
- TOC talks delegates through critical issues in the region
With investments in port
development in the Middle East nearing $35 billion and set to rise over the
next decade, SOHAR Port and Freezone headed to Dubai this week for the Terminal
Operations Conference, or TOC Middle East.
This year’s event, held at
the La Meridien Hotel and Conference Centre, focused on analysing the shifts in
regional container trades and the implications for ports. TOC Middle East 2015 gives
attendees the chance to connect with the region’s strongest players, receive
exclusive updates on current and future infrastructure projects and get a
better understanding of how to benefit from the changing landscape of Middle
East shipping.
The conference will
assess the sustainability of container demand generated in the Middle
East/South Asia theatre, shipping lines strategies and related port
developments.
Container throughput at
the state-of-the-art container terminal in SOHAR, operated by OICT, has doubled
over the past year. With the relocation of all commercial traffic from Muscat
and the newly expanded Terminal C now fully operational, SOHAR is now equipped
to manage 1.5 million TEUs a year. Container volume in Q3 2015 grew by a staggering
53% from Q3 of 2014.
SOHAR Middle East
Commercial Manager Anders Kron, one of the keynote speakers at the event,
commented: “Our container throughput figures this year are testament to the
success of the operations at SOHAR. Healthy throughput requires consistent
efficiency in terms of uncongested port capacity and operations, and that’s something
we pride ourselves on.”
