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Two coasts, and one operator on both.

The United Arab Emirates lands deep-water container tonnage on both sides of the peninsula: the Arabian Gulf to the west, and the Gulf of Oman to the east on open Indian Ocean water. We work both, under one license and inside one customs union.

01 The map

Every gateway here is public infrastructure.

What we add behind it is Grade A space, an operating team on our own license, and a forwarding desk that can book to any of them.

  • Jebel Ali
  • Khalifa Port · Abu Dhabi
  • Dammam
  • Jeddah
  • Khor Fakkan
  • Fujairah
  • Sohar
  • Salalah
Eight public deep-water gateways on two coasts — the Arabian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea — with the sea approaches to each and the overland corridors between them. More than one way in, on more than one coast.

02 Gateways

A berth is an instrument. The cargo plan picks it before anyone picks a plot.

Public gateways, the water each stands on, and what each berth is built to handle.
Gateway Where Water Built to handle
Jebel Ali Dubai Arabian Gulf Deep-water container and transhipment, adjoining free zone.
Khalifa Port Abu Dhabi Arabian Gulf Semi-automated island berth, industrial land in depth behind it.
Port Khalid Sharjah Arabian Gulf Container and general cargo, feeder and regional tonnage.
Saqr Port Ras Al Khaimah Arabian Gulf Bulk at regional scale: aggregate, limestone, cement.
Khor Fakkan Sharjah Gulf of Oman Container transhipment on a natural headland, mainline vessels.
Port of Fujairah Fujairah Gulf of Oman Bulk, container and oil terminals beside a bunkering anchorage.
Sohar Oman Gulf of Oman Container, bulk and petrochemical berths, industrial area behind.
Salalah Oman Arabian Sea Container transhipment on the east–west lane, free zone behind.
King Abdulaziz Port Dammam, Saudi Arabia Arabian Gulf The Kingdom’s principal Gulf-coast container gateway, rail landside.
Hamad Port Qatar Arabian Gulf Deep water, the country’s containerised imports at one gateway.

03 Approaches

A second entry point, and no second system.

The overland corridor between the two coasts of the Emirates A map of the north-eastern Emirates. Jebel Ali, a port on the Arabian Gulf, sits on the western coast; Fujairah, a port on the Gulf of Oman, sits on the eastern coast. A corridor runs overland between them, through the pass in the Hajar range. JEBEL ALI PORT FUJAIRAH PORT ARABIAN GULF GULF OF OMAN THE PASS
Two coasts, one crossing. Deep water on the Arabian Gulf at Jebel Ali and on open Indian Ocean water at Fujairah, with the overland corridor between them through the pass in the Hajar range.

04 Coasts

Regional distribution belongs on the Gulf coast.

What each coast buys, and what it costs.
Coast What it buys What it costs
Arabian Gulf · west The default for regional distribution and consolidation: one trunk network, aprons beside the quays, free zone or mainland customs at one berth. Longer sea leg on Indian-subcontinent and East Africa rotations.
Gulf of Oman · east Deep water on open ocean rotations, and the second entry point clients write into tenders — no second operator or system. Thinner industrial land on the coastal plain, a smaller labour pool within commuting distance, road time across the Hajar corridor.
Beyond the Emirates Oman, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the GCC: Salalah and Sohar along the same seaboard, Dammam inside the Kingdom. A road leg or second call, priced at tender.

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