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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Documents   ...
Communications:  Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths | Mooring
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Bulk | Containers | Other | Tankers   ...
Pollution:  Ballast | Pollution | Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Chandlery | Drydock   ...
Security:  Police etc | Emergency | Regs
Local Info:  Weather

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  170,000 d.w.t., draft 17.7 m. Containers:  168,200 d.w.t., LOA 380 m., draft 17.7 m. Ro-Ro:  100,000 d.w.t., LOA 325 m., draft 14.5 m. Bulk:  400,000 d.w.t, LOA 360 m., draft 23.0 m. Tankers:  LOA 268 m., draft 15.5 m. Gas:  LOA 268 m., draft 15.5 m.
Airport:  Sohar Int'l, 13 km. Muscat Int'l, 200 km.
Medical:  Facilities available.

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OVERVIEW:  Fast-growing regional hub port handling over one million tonnes of cargo each week and 3,000 vessels per year, with leading global terminal partners for containers (Hutchison) bulk ores (Vale, Jindal Shadeed/Harsco Steel), Bulk grain (Sohar Flour Mills), Ro-Ro (C Steinweg), liquid bulk (Advario), heavy-lift, breakbulk, LPG and in the future LNG.
LOCATION:  On the NE coast close to the UAE border on the Gulf of Oman (outside the Strait of Hormuz), approx. 220 km. from Muscat and 160 km. from Dubai.
CHARTS:  Digital: OM400257 and OM400257.
Paper: BA 2853.
US 62361 and 809108.
Publications:  NP63, Persian Gulf Pilot.
DOCUMENTS:  SIUCI Terminal:  The following document are required on arrival:
   Customs Clearance (last port original)
5 Crew Lists (FAL 5)
5 Passenger Lists (FAL 6)
2 Crew Effects Declarations (FAL 4)
2 Passenger Effects Declarations
2 Ship’s Stores Lists (including bonded items)
2 Certificates of Registry (copy)
2 ISPS Certificates (copy)