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Sohar Port sees 12% increase in throughput for 2015

The Sohar Port and Freezone saw a 12% increase in volumes in 2015 to over 50m tons.

Marcus Hand, Editor

January 21, 2016

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The port saw a 46% rise in breakbulk cargoes to over 1.9m tons, and ro-ro traffic grew by more 90% to 230,000 vehicles in 2015 compared to 2014.

Sohar also trumpeted a 62% increase in container throughput, but did not say how many boxes the port handled. Last year the port added calls by Hanjin Shipping, Evergreen Line and Simatech.

“An average cargo throughput of close to a million tons a week in 2015, is testament to the success of our operations at Sohar. Our rapid growth further strengthens our position as the new Gateway to the Gulf region and our continued development as a very significant regional logistics hub,” Andre Toet, ceo of Sohar told a business reception held in Muscat on Tuesday.

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Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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Marcus Hand regularly moderates at international maritime events. Below you’ll find a list of selected past conferences and webinars.

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