Serka Taahhut Insaat, the engineering construction subsidiary of Turkish conglomerate Abdali Holding, has been awarded a contract to build the infrastructure of the commercial quay at the Port of Duqm, which anchors the world-scale Special Economic Zone at Duqm. The total cost of the package, which includes the construction of roads and the development of a port operation zone, is around OMR107mn. The keenly awaited contract, widely referred to as Infrastructure Package 2 (IP2), will help create the complete infrastructure for dedicated terminals to handle container, break-bulk and dry-bulk cargoes at the port. (Oman observer)