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Oman ports ranked world’s fastest in container ship handling Source:Omanobserver GENEVA: The Sultanate’s ports have been ranked the world’s fastest in container ship handling per hour, according to UNCTAD annual index 2020 issued recently by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Oman’s ports achieved an average of 12.5 hours for container handling including entry, exit and unloading operations. The achievement came as translation of efforts made by Asyad Group and its partners in the public and the private sectors aimed at facilitating the procedures at port and the introduction of electronic systems and the best international practices in container handling in implementation of the National Logistics Strategy 2040 which targets to place the Sultanate as a global logistics hub by opening more direct shipping lines and building alliances with the international navigation companies to improve connectivity of the Sultanate’s ports. ...