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Hafeet Rail, previously Oman and Etihad Rail Firm, has awarded development contracts for the $3 billion railway community between Oman and the UAE.
Indian conglomerate Larson & Toubro (L&T) and Chinese language state-owned Energy China have received contracts to develop the railway logistics services in Al Buraimi and Sohar, the UAE state-owned Wam information company reported.
The Sohar facility may also embody provisions for locomotive and wagon upkeep operations.
The Chinese language state-owned China Railway Rolling Inventory Company received the contract to design, engineer, and provide high-performance freight wagons.
These wagons will assist cargo motion for various freight sorts, together with bulk commodities and containerised cargo.
The contract values weren’t disclosed.
Oman Rail, a part of Asyad Group, and the UAE’s Etihad Rail signed a contract in September 2022 to launch the Oman and Etihad Rail Firm – now rebranded as Hafeet Rail – to construct a railway community connecting Sohar Port to the UAE railway community.
The railway line will embody two 2.5-km lengthy tunnels and 36 bridges. Freight trains will transport greater than 25,000 tonnes of basic cargo in a single journey, lowering carbon emissions by 10 occasions in comparison with different transport means.
