According to the Omani government, the entire installation needs to be ready in just three years-leaving the planning of this project (with no room for errors) to be completed in a very short period of time. The 250-acre area will also have various dockyard and crane installations, deep water anchorages, storage areas, accommodation and office buildings, a quay wall nearly 2 miles long and an offshore breakwater.
The two mighty dry docks and an appropriately large pump station are just one part of the project. The gigantic dimensions of the project alone make it a real challenge. The core of the new development will be two gigantic, 1,350-foot dry docks capable of servicing supertankers with a load capacity of up to 350,000 metric tons. Close to international shipping lines but also far from the notorious Strait of Hormuz, this desert-like region is to be developed into a new port with an adjoining industrial zone. One of these is Duqm Port, in the south of the country. The Sultanate, from which Sinbad the Sailor once set off on his famous journeys, wants to revive its seafaring tradition and is developing several coastal areas into new port zones.
The construction boom on the Arabian Peninsula has reached another country: Oman.
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