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Construction work on a major agro-terminal venture that forms a key component of Oman s food security strategy will shortly get under way at Sohar Port and Freezone. The agro-terminal is designed to anchor a new Food Cluster that will take shape on a soon-to-be-vacated waterfront stretch at the industrial port. Envisioned within the Food Cluster is the Sultanate s first ever sugar refinery promoted by private investors, as well as a government-led effort to establish a Strategic Food Reserves facility at Sohar Port. According to a senior port executive, the proposed sugar refinery and Strategic Food Reserves facility will be housed on prime waterfront real estate that until recently served as a Container Terminal operated by Oman International Container Terminal (OICT). With OICT having recently relocated its operations to a far bigger site further up the quay wall, attention is now focused on clearing the old site before it is handed over to new tenants.