Project Description

  • Project name: Negotiating port management contract
  • Project location: Port of Sohar, Oman
  • Name of client: Rotterdam Port Authority
  • Period: 2002 – 2003

Description of the project

The government of Oman was seeking a partner to develop a port in Sohar, which was the first port this city..The Rotterdam Port Authority was interested to become a partner in the project. A joint venture company, which will manage the port and adjacent 2000ha industrial zone for the next 25 year, was set up.

Services provided by Port Consultants Rotterdam

  • Contract negotiations between Rotterdam Port Authority and Ministry of Transport in Oman.
  • Defining organization structure.
  • Staffing of the organization.
  • Fiinancial modeling of the Sohar Industrial Port Cooperation.
  • Start-up of the management company in Oman.