Oman's Port of Salalah plans to issue tender documents for construction work on the US$120 million expansion of the port''s general container terminal to begin by the end of March, Meed reported.

The expansion of the general container terminal involves building a further 1,200m of multi-purpose berths, a new northern breakwater, facilities for dry-bulk commodities and a new liquids jetty.

The expansion will increase capacity at the terminal to 40 million tonnes of dry-bulk commodities and five million tonnes of liquid products each year.

The contract is part of a larger $645 million expansion planned by the Port of Salalah.