Qasim Al Maashani
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Salalah port sets second straight monthly container record (opens the original)
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SALALAH: Port of Salalah handled 511,209 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September, setting a monthly container record for the second consecutive month and taking combined throughput in August and September above one million TEUs. September volume was 4.1 per cent higher than August's 491,114 TEUs, which had been the previous monthly record. The terminal also recorded 301,113 container-handling moves, up 3.7 per cent from 290,418 in August. Josh Surdin, Chief Operating Officer of the Port
Oman gives banks three years to separate securities businesses (opens the original)
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Omani banks conducting certain securities activities alongside commercial banking have up to three years to move those operations into legally independent entities under a new capital-market rulebook that took effect in July. The requirement is part of the Executive Regulation of the Securities Law, issued under Financial Services Authority Decision No. E/11/2026. Effective from July 27, the regulation replaces executive rules dating to 2009 and provides the detailed framework for the Securities
Omanisation's missing number (opens the original)
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The number of Omanis in private-sector employment increased by almost 15,000 in the first eight months of 2026, while the expatriate workforce declined. What the headline figures do not reveal is how much of that change is occurring in technical, specialised and leadership positions. By the end of August, 445,799 Omanis were working in the private sector, compared with 430,913 at the end of 2025 — a net increase of 14,886. Over the same period, the expatriate private-sector workforce fell by 2,5
As Khareef ends, Dhofar’s camels begin their journey home (opens the original)
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TAQAH: Camels are moving back into Wadi Khashim near Taqah this week. Three months ago, many herds were travelling in the opposite direction. The movement marks the transition from Khareef — Dhofar’s summer monsoon season of rain, mist and green mountains — to Sarb, the locally known post-monsoon period when the fog recedes, the ground begins to dry and livestock return to natural grazing areas. For generations, camel owners in southern Oman have organised part of their year around this cycle. A
Eastern Dhofar’s working coast carries livelihoods across generations (opens the original)
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SALALAH: Nearly half of Dhofar’s artisanal fishing boats are concentrated in three eastern wilayats, underlining the continuing economic weight of the sea in communities where fishing, fish trading and boat maintenance are still passed from one generation to the next. Preliminary 2025 figures from the National Centre for Statistics and Information show that Mirbat, Sadah and Shaleem and Al Hallaniyat Islands together accounted for 5,767 artisanal fishermen and 2,342 boats. That represents about
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