The Omani port of Sohar has received a call from one of the largest bulk carriers ever to call there. This was a 170,000dwt Capesize vessel carrying iron ore from Brazil for the recently inaugurated Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel mill. The vessel docked at a 600m-long jetty, which has a draught of 19m.
However, Sohar Industrial Port Company is currently investing $250 million in the construction of a 1.38km-long deepwater jetty that has draught of 25m. This will be used by CVRD and involve the loading of iron ore pellets in Sohar.Vessels of 360m in length will eventually call there.
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