{"id":77548,"date":"2024-04-24T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/?p=77548"},"modified":"2024-06-11T16:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T16:56:54","slug":"galfar-secures-major-rail-contract-poised-for-infra-diversification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/2024\/04\/24\/galfar-secures-major-rail-contract-poised-for-infra-diversification\/","title":{"rendered":"Galfar secures major rail contract, poised for infra diversification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galfar Engineering and Construction is set to power the growth of an indigenous rail construction industry in Oman<br>Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman-based Galfar Engineering &amp; Contracting SAOG (Galfar) has announced that it bagged a joint venture contract with RO 521 million (approximately $1.4 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a filing to the Muscat Stock Exchange, Galfar stated that Oman-Etihad Rail (Hafeet Rail) has awarded its joint venture a contract worth RO521 million to build the Abu Dhabi-Suhar railway network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This win strengthens Galfar&#8217;s order book and positions the company for a strategic foray into the promising realm of railway projects,&#8221; the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contract award was announced on the sidelines of the two-day state visit of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to the UAE that concluded on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Omani-UAE consortium led by Trojan Construction Group (NPC) of the UAE and Galfar of the Sultanate of Oman secured civil contracts for the joint development of the rail network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Abu Dhabi-Suhar railway link is a cornerstone project in Oman&#8217;s infrastructure development plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This high-speed rail line is expected to revolutionize transportation between the two economic powerhouses, significantly reducing travel time and bolstering trade activity across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city of Suhar, with its thriving industrial port complex, and Abu Dhabi, a major commercial and political center, stand to benefit immensely from improved connectivity. Analysts predict streamlined logistics, increased foreign investment, and job creation as a result of this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 1971, Galfar has built a solid reputation for excellence in design and construction across diverse sectors like oil &amp; gas, water &amp; wastewater, and transportation. Their proven ability to manage large-scale projects, coupled with their engineering and construction expertise, makes them a strong choice to lead the Abu Dhabi-Suhar railway project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorem ipsum is simply dummy text of printing and typesetting industry lorem ipsum been dummy text printing typesetting industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5,6,8,9],"class_list":["post-77548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-masonry-design","tag-development","tag-events","tag-media","tag-mountains"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77550,"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77548\/revisions\/77550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfar.com\/oman\/galfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}