E-marine expands Salalah Storage Facility to match rising demand

E-marine, the regional leader in Submarine Cable installation, maintenance and repair, announced the completion of expansion of their Salalah Depot facilities in Port of Salalah-Oman.

Omar bin Kalban, MD and CEO of E-Marine, said: “In order to meet the rising demand for bonded storage facilities for the wet plants, we expanded our storage area capacity in Salalah, Oman by almost 40 per cent by adding additional 420 square meters which are operational since January 2012”.

E-marine provides sophisticated storage facilities for submarine cable and accessories in controlled environment and in accordance with highest international standard along with testing and jointing by qualified testers and jointers. These storage facilities guarantee longer cable life.

“Our existing strong commitments to various customers as well as the new customer’s activities led E-marine to increase the storage capacity by building a new facility in Salalah site, allowing us to serve our clients in a best possible and cost effective way” added Mr. Omar Bin Kalban.

E-marine’s facility in Salalah, Oman is designed to provide safe and sound storage of highly sensitive undersea cables and accessories. The Depot occupies now a total area of around 1,560 square meters with nine cable tanks and has a total cable storage capacity about 2000 cubic meters. The depot not only has a huge capacity for repeaters and spares storage but is also well equipped with laboratory and fiber optic workshop, forklifts, hauling machines and ancillary equipment.

With more than 25 years of experience, E-marine has become a platform for regional telecommunication business. With the regional availability and expertise coupled with skilled resources, E-marine’s vision is to encompass high end technology and become a essential player in the submarine cable industry.