Oman’s Asyad Seeks Offers of Interest in Expanding Suwaiq Port

View of the seafront in Muscat, Oman, Feb. 12, 2010. (AP)
View of the seafront in Muscat, Oman, Feb. 12, 2010. (AP)
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Oman’s Asyad Seeks Offers of Interest in Expanding Suwaiq Port

View of the seafront in Muscat, Oman, Feb. 12, 2010. (AP)
View of the seafront in Muscat, Oman, Feb. 12, 2010. (AP)

Oman logistics group Asyad has invited local and international companies to send offers of interest in expanding Suwaiq port on the Gulf of Oman, the state news agency reported on Monday.

Ahmed bin Mohamed al-Abri, CEO of Asyad, said the expansion aimed to enable the port to handle large ships and all types of general, liquid and bulk goods, the agency said.

Port capacity will reach 10 million tons annually, half of it for general cargo and the rest for bulk materials, it said.

The project also includes the construction of multi-purpose berths with a depth of 14 meters to accommodate large ships.



Iran Appoints National Oil Company CEO

Iranians walk past shops in a street in Tehran on August 27, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Iranians walk past shops in a street in Tehran on August 27, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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Iran Appoints National Oil Company CEO

Iranians walk past shops in a street in Tehran on August 27, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Iranians walk past shops in a street in Tehran on August 27, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran's new oil minister Mohsen Paknejad appointed Hamid Boord as CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Iran's oil ministry news agency SHANA reported on Thursday.
"By order of the oil minister, Hamid Boord has been appointed as deputy oil minister and CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company," SHANA said.
The minister also appointed members of the company's administrative board, SHANA added.
Paknejad was approved as Iran's new Oil Minister on Aug. 21, part of Masoud Pezeshkian's unity cabinet.
Iran is a major producer within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).