Port of Salalah’s alternative to Red Sea route

The Port of Salalah in Oman has launched multimodal service options that provide a viable alternative to the time-consuming and more costly re-routing around the Cape of Good Hope.

From the Port of Salalah, an in transit overland route by truck connects to Jeddah located in the safer mid-point of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. The overland route takes approximately 4-5 days.

From this point the journey can continue by container vessel through the Suez Canal to Europe or the US East Coast reducing the overall transit time under to current routing.

A further sea-air option provides a faster alternative for more time sensitive cargo into and out of Europe. Upon discharge in the Port of Salalah, cargo is transferred in transit to either Salalah or Muscat Airports or even Jebel Ali.

The new multimodal solution offers cost-effective and fast alternatives between Asia the United States East Coast and European destinations.

Unlike other popular transshipment ports in the region, no detour from the main East-West shipping routes into the Gulf of Oman is required, saving a 4-5 day detour from main east-west shipping routes.

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