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25-05-08, 11:29 PM
SALALAH Sapphire Marine signed an agreement with the Salalah Free Zone to construct a state-of-the-art luxury yacht building factory.
The facility will be producing 55 and 85-foot luxury motor yachts for exporting worldwide and there are already plans to expand the range of yachts in line with forecasted global demand.
At full capacity the company expects to employ 250 fulltime staff and produce 36 yachts per year.
Salalah Free Zone Company CEO Eng. Awadh Bin Salim Al Shanfari said: “Our ambition in Salalah Free Zone Company is not limited to the contentedness with the investing projects of the transformative industries, but it exceeds such to the join the flock of the integrated industries that utilise the human, material, and natural resources of the of the sultanate.”
Sapphire Marine Managing Director Peter Nel said: “The enthusiasm shown by the Salalah Free Zone, especially the CEO Engineer Awadh Salim Al Shanfari was pivotal in convincing us to select Salalah.”
“We were drawn to Salalah because of its positive business environment and proximity to major global shipping routes,” Sapphire Marine CEO Jim Dundon said adding that Oman has a long and noble seafaring history of which we’re proud to be connected.”
OmanTribune.com (http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=27019)
The facility will be producing 55 and 85-foot luxury motor yachts for exporting worldwide and there are already plans to expand the range of yachts in line with forecasted global demand.
At full capacity the company expects to employ 250 fulltime staff and produce 36 yachts per year.
Salalah Free Zone Company CEO Eng. Awadh Bin Salim Al Shanfari said: “Our ambition in Salalah Free Zone Company is not limited to the contentedness with the investing projects of the transformative industries, but it exceeds such to the join the flock of the integrated industries that utilise the human, material, and natural resources of the of the sultanate.”
Sapphire Marine Managing Director Peter Nel said: “The enthusiasm shown by the Salalah Free Zone, especially the CEO Engineer Awadh Salim Al Shanfari was pivotal in convincing us to select Salalah.”
“We were drawn to Salalah because of its positive business environment and proximity to major global shipping routes,” Sapphire Marine CEO Jim Dundon said adding that Oman has a long and noble seafaring history of which we’re proud to be connected.”
OmanTribune.com (http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=27019)