Port of Duqm

Why Duqm

On the route. Outside the strait.

Positioned on the open Arabian Sea, outside the Strait of Hormuz.

OpenArabian Sea
18 mDraft
East–WestPosition

Strategic location

The geography is the advantage.

Positioned on the open Arabian Sea, Port of Duqm operates outside the Strait of Hormuz — a critical advantage for shipping reliability and schedule certainty.

Map of trade routes from Duqm: to East and Southern Africa, south into the Indian Ocean, to Sri Lanka and India, through the Malacca Strait to Singapore and Hong Kong, and through the Red Sea and Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, Morocco and Atlantic Europe. — Indicative trading routes from Duqm. Not live tracking, not to scale.

Direct route via Duqm

On the route.

Duqm sits directly on the Arabian Sea shipping route, on the open sea. No chokepoint transit is needed to reach the berth, so a Duqm call adds no diversion days.

Fujairah deviation

The northward deviation.

Bunkering at Fujairah requires a northward deviation up the Gulf of Oman, toward the Strait of Hormuz, and back to the route: two days in the illustrative model, before queue and bunkering time.

Port of Duqm

Built for deep-sea trade.

Aerial view of a port and breakwater at dusk, with vessels at berth and at anchor

18 mDraftDeep-sea multipurpose port
Open seaArabian SeaOutside the Strait of Hormuz
East ↔ WestTrade positionConnecting East and West on major trade routes

Proximity to key shipping lanes
Doorstep to major Asian and European markets
No chokepoint transit to reach the port

Illustrative diversion model

The diversion is the cost.

Follow the calculation the way a voyage accrues it — day by day, then per tonne.

Duqm calls involve no Strait of Hormuz transit, so no diversion days enter the model.

Diverting to Fujairah adds 2 days of deviation and 1 day of queue and bunkering time in the model — 3 days in all, at the stated vessel and fuel costs.

3Days lost2 days deviation + 1 day queue and bunkering

Illustrative diversion costUSD 185K+At USD 45K/day vessel cost and USD 16K/day fuel

$31–$93 /MTAcross a 2,000–6,000 MT stem

Illustrative commercial model based on stated assumptions. Actual savings vary by vessel, stem size, prevailing fuel prices, operating cost and port conditions. Not a guarantee of savings.

Model basis: June 2025.

Why Duqm

Four reasons the route ends here.

On the route.
On the open Arabian Sea — on-route for East/West trades without deviation.
Outside Hormuz.
Outside the Strait of Hormuz, on the open Arabian Sea. No chokepoint transit to reach the berth.
Built for deep-sea operations.
A deep-sea multipurpose port with an 18 m draft. 24/7 operations at the terminal, minimal waiting time, and ISO-compliant supply with independent testing and certification on every stem.
More than bunkering.
Transparent supporting services — crew change, chandlery, spares, fresh water and MARPOL waste management — at competitive supply across low sulphur and distillate grades.

Marine facilities

One port call. More capability.

Port of Duqm ensures safe and efficient marine traffic, providing a comprehensive range of services — directly or through licensed agents and sub-contractors.