Throughput in container and general cargo volumes at the Port of Salalah in Oman rose 17% to a new record high of 26.4 million tonnes in 2025, compared with 22.6 million tonnes in 2024. The upturn was driven primarily by increased dry bulk volumes, particularly gypsum and limestone exports.
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The port’s container terminal handled 4.3 million TEUs in 2025, up from approximately 3.3 million TEUs the year before. During the past year the port has benefited from the launch of the Gemini Cooperation between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, which is now using Salalah as a key global hub within its network, and which provides a significant proportion of the container terminals’s transhipment related activity.
The port also posted strong financial results in 2025, with consolidated revenue rising 28% year-on-year to RO 89.4 million. EBITDA rose to RO 27.8 million, while net profit increased to RO 7.3 million compared with RO 2.3 million a year earlier.
In a statement, Braik Musallam Al Amri, Chairman of Salalah Port Services, said, “The Port of Salalah is strategically well positioned to overcome regional geopolitical challenges and disruptions to shipping routes and is well positioned overall for continued growth, leveraging its operational efficiency, expanded capacity and strategic shipping partnerships to strengthen its role as a regional hub.”
He indicated that a return to the greater use of Red Sea shipping routes is poised to have a positive impact on Salalah’s container volumes in 2026, while general cargo volumes are expected to remain steady. Strong demand from construction and manufacturing companies in India and Southeast Asia has continued to generate healthy export levels of limestone and gypsum, while additional growth is expected in the breakbulk cargo segment. As a result, total cargo volumes handled at Salalah in 2026 are projected to surpass 2025 levels by the end of the year.