Muscat: The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (Opaz) organised a visit for the delegation of the 9th National Defense batch, headed by Air Vice Marshal Eng. Saleh bin Yahya Al Maskari, Commandant of the National Defense College (NDC) and several faculty members, to the Special Economic Zone at Duqm continued for three days.
Upon their arrival at the headquarter of the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (Sezad), the delegation met with Dr Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy, Chairman of the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones, and many officials from Sezad and companies operating in the Zone.
The delegation was briefed on the different capabilities of Sezad in many sectors, most notably the renewable energy sector (green energy), logistics and others. Further, the delegation was toured around the different projects and facilities in the zone, including the port and dry dock and energy projects such as Duqm Refinery and central facilities.
Moreover, the delegation visited several other projects in Sezad such as the multi-purpose Fishing Port, the Port of Duqm, the dry dock, the Karwa Motors factory, the tourist zone and the Rock Garden.