Khasab: The port of Khasab in the Musandam Governorate has been benefiting from its strategic location overlooking the Strait of Hormuz and its proximity to international maritime shipping lanes.
The port plays a role in trade, re-export and handling, in addition to its potential to support tourism and logistics activities, thus providing opportunities to attract investments and develop the maritime economy in the governorate.
Khasab Port recorded growth in its commercial activities, re-export and handling operations during 2026, indicating the development of its activity within the ports and logistics system in the Sultanate of Oman.
For her part, Laila bint Ali al Batashia, Director of the Department of Ports and Marine Docks at the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, said that the value of re-exports through Khasab Port reached about RO330.6 million during the first eight months of 2026, compared to about RO301.6 million during the same period of 2025, achieving a growth rate of 9.6 percent.
She explained that the port accounted for about 60.9 percent of the total value of re-exports through the seaports in the Sultanate of Oman, which amounted to about RO543 million during the period from January to the end of August 2026.
She added that the value of re-exports through Khasab port represented about 24.6 percent of the total value of re-exports through sea, air and land ports in the Sultanate of Oman, amounting to about RO1.34 billion riyals by the end of August 2026, compared to about RO1.12 billion during the same period in 2025, achieving a growth of 19.7 percent.
She noted that the total handling volume at the port increased during the period from January to the end of September 2026 to about 114.9 thousand tonnes, compared to about 107.7 thousand tonnes during the same period in 2025, recording a growth of 6.6 percent, which reflects the development of the port’s operational activity and its contribution to supporting the commercial and economic movement in the Musandam Governorate.
She emphasized that the Musandam Governorate enjoys distinctive geographical and strategic advantages, foremost among them its location overlooking the Strait of Hormuz and its proximity to international maritime shipping lanes, which provides opportunities to develop activities related to maritime transport, logistics, and maritime tourism, and to benefit from its position within the maritime economy system in the Sultanate of Oman.
She explained that during 2022 the ministry signed a framework agreement with Hutchison Sohar Company to manage, operate and develop the port, with the aim of maximizing the benefit from its strategic location and supporting economic diversification efforts in the Musandam Governorate.
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