Sunday 15 / November / 2026
Muscat: The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) and the Port of Duqm Company recently organized an event titled “Laboratory on Enhancing Operational Efficiency & Integration with Economic Schema”.
The laboratory, which was organized in cooperation with the Industrial Innovation Academy, generated 22 strategic initiatives—8 of which dealt with the category of "Service Projects", while 10 were listed under the category of "Investment Projects" and 4 under the category of "General Enablers".
The initiatives aim to boost the port’s operational efficiency, consolidate competitiveness of the hub, attract investments and foster deeper integration among related economic and industrial sectors.
The lab brought about 210 participants, including the representatives of 35 government units and private sector establishments, port operators, investors, industry specialists and members of the local community.
The "Service Projects" category includes initiatives like securing strategic partnerships to attract shipping lines and cargo owners, providing vessel bunkering (or fuelling) services, upgrading equipment for handling general and dry bulk cargo, allocating additional storage space to meet port requirements and shortening dwell time for general cargo and roll-on and roll-off (Ro-Ro) shipments—in addition to optimizing vessel berthing and departure processes, developing a national port community system and integrating it with the Port of Duqm and establishing a service station for trucks.
