Hafeet Rail/X
Contracts for Indian and Chinese language firms
Embody logistics amenities and rolling inventory
To hyperlink UAE to Sohar Port freezone
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 and Chinese language state-owned Energy China will develop the railway logistics amenities in Al Buraimi and Sohar, the UAE state-owned Wam information company reported.
The Sohar facility will even embody provisions for locomotive and wagon upkeep operations.
The Chinese language state-owned China Railway Rolling Inventory Company will design, engineer and provide high-performance freight wagons.
These wagons will assist cargo motion for diverse freight sorts, together with bulk commodities and containerised cargo.
The contract values weren’t disclosed.
The Oman and Etihad Rail Firm – now rebranded as Hafeet Rail – was launched in 2022 by the UAE’s Etihad Rail and Oman Rail, a part of Asyad Group.
The railway line will join the Sohar Port freezone in north jap Oman to the UAE railway community and can embody two 2.5km lengthy tunnels and 36 bridges.
Freight trains will transport greater than 25,000 tonnes of normal cargo in a single journey, lowering carbon emissions by 10 occasions in comparison with different transport means.
