Dokgo the area of promising investment opportunities. Oman has been a center of international maritime routes and has always been considered as one of the most important commercial centres for travel and trade coming from Asia Africa and Europe. Many of the Western and Arab travelers have acknowledged. The economic potential and strategic importance of Omani ports for international trade the government has decided to revive Ouma’s cultural and historical heritage by establishing a number of modern and developed ports along the Omani seacoast.
Accordingly his Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed issued a Royal Decree number 119 / 2011 establishing the special economic zone authority at duhkham say Zod duhkham is unique because of its unique location in the Sultanate of Oman as it is bordered on the east by the Indian Ocean and by golden sands and desert oasis on the west its geographic location on the maritime corridor connecting Asia and Africa earned it a large degree of international importance it is truly the pearl of the Arabian Sea.
DoCoMo economic zone is a model of economic integration and comprises eight areas a multi-purpose port a fishery harbour equipped with all the required facilities a Regional Airport a tourism zone a governmental services owned a modern residential zone drydock complex and an industrial and logistics owned all zones are connected by a multimodal transportation system dokkum special economic zone is considered the largest free zone in the Middle East and North Africa covering a land area of seventeen hundred and forty five square kilometers and a coastline stretching 70 kilometres along the Arabian Sea port of dokkum the port is located on a dry land area of 40 7.4 square kilometers and on a water surface of 140 point five square kilometers it includes an access channel to the port’s dock that is 9.5 kilometres in length between 275 and 350 meters in width and 19 metres in depth it also includes a main wave breaker that extends 44.1 km/h and 350 metres wide it also includes four terminals for handling containers dry books and general cargo the main wave breaker is 18 metres deep and a secondary wave breaker is 4.6 kilometers long and 18 meters deep supporting an oil and liquid substances Quay in addition there is an internal governmental dock that is 10 meters deep 980 meters long and 200 meters wide serving ships and yachts of security agencies drydock Oman drydock company is one of the projects carried out by the government of the Sultanate of Oman as part of its future forward-looking long-term economic plan the dry dock project is distinguished by its capacity to accommodate on average of 200 ships per year from all over the world the dock has been working with full capacity since its inauguration in 2011 the dry dock project includes quays of 2800 meters long and repair yards that encompass an area 453 thousand square meters it also includes two dry docks of 410 meters long each 95 and 80 metres wide 10 metres deep and 14 metres high the project will not be limited to ship repair and maintenance as it will also include other activities such as large steel structures and offshore platforms since its pilot launch for the dock services from April 2011 until today Oman drydock company has maintained and serviced more than 300 vessels from different countries across the world Doh Khmer port this Airport started its operations in 2014 and is considered one of the most important links connecting duhkham special economic zone with the outside world with the purpose of transporting people and shipping cargo the airport includes a runway designed to serve all types and sizes of aircraft a passengers terminal with a capacity for 500,000 travelers per year waiting areas and two boarding gates transportation network the economic development and duhkham will benefit from a newly designed railroad network which is expected to come into operation in the next few years it is designed to have two transport tracks an internal track that connects the economic zone linking the port with the industrial zones and another to transport cargo and passengers from the town of duhkham to so har Muscat then with UAE and the rest of the GCC countries duhkham transportation system has one of the most modern of transport networks a high standard network has been planned to accommodate all forms of the actual needs of duhkham economic zone it includes a two-way street with three lanes in each direction tourism zone dokkum region is characterized by its sunny moderate temperature all year round and for its varied and beautiful natural and geological heritage there are beaches with natural purity unique geological formations and fishing villages with their own cultural peculiarities the tourism area encompasses 24 square kilometres including 18 kilometres of beach on the pristine Arabian Sea recently a number of tourist projects have been completed industrial zones three industrial zones have been set up consisting of light medium and heavy industrial zones all of which have been designed according to environmental design standards duhkham is abundant with commercial quantities of mineral resources including silica sands mineral salts limestone rocks marble gypsum and basaltic rocks dokkum a special economic zone built with green credentials duhkham envisages deploying renewable energy sources for its energy needs this will be achieved by applying research into alternative energies and sustainable technologies to harness clean and green energy resource is suitable for duhkham fishery harbours and associated facilities this contains a fishing port equipped with all the services for small and medium sized boats as well as commercial markets for retail wholesale and export fish and shrimp farms and a maritime research and studies institute dull comb special economic zone Authority by establishing a one-stop system dull compression on Authority aims to take the necessary actions and measures to facilitate the issuance of required permits licenses and approvals for projects in the shortest time possible the authority offers a complete package of incentives and facilities to investors through the one-stop shop to speed up and simplify the procedures and the issuance of permits these are up to 30 years tax exemption from the start date of establishing the business renewed for similar periods up to 100 percent of project foreign ownership exemption from minimum capital requirements stipulated in the commercial companies law and other laws exemption from any restrictions in terms of bringing exchanging and transferring foreign currency exemptions from commercial agency law provisions duhkham economic zone in Oman is the gate of success for integrated economic projects. It is an international option for an economic link between Asia and international ports and for a variety of investment opportunities.