Salalah first half throughput up 66%

Oman's Salalah Port Services (SPS) has reported a 66 percent rise in volumes handled at the general cargo terminal during the first six months of this year, Oman Daily Observer reported.

The terminal recorded a throughput of 2.92 million tonnes during the first six months of this year, compared to 1.762 million tonnes during the same period last year.

The port's container terminal recorded a throughput of 1,751,000 TEUs, a growth of seven for the period.

The main drivers of the growth in volumes were increase in direct services by existing customers and volumes from a new customer, CMA CGM, SPS said.
(Source:www.cargonewsasia.com)