Given its strategic location near the Strait of Hormuz in the far north of the Sultanate of Oman, The port of Khasab in Musandam Governorate enjoys great interest from the Government in order to encourage commercial movement and serve the local economy of the Governorate. The area of the port is about (159) hectares and a commercial berth length of three hundred meters and a fixed pier for fishing vessels of one hundred meters long, in addition to eight floating platforms. Khasab Port, with its strategic location on the Arabian Gulf, is considered an active trading port in the field of trade and tourism, It has witnessed new expansions, including the addition of major breakwater, commercial berths and deepen the port basin to ten meters to accommodate increasing traffic with neighboring markets such as trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The port also receives tourist vessels coming to Musandam Governorate. On September 30, 2012, the High directions were issued to develop Khasab port in terms of management and operation and raise its efficiency by building marine docks and finding suitable areas to accommodate commercial and tourist activities and facilities associated with such activities such as restrooms and suitable places to receive the ship owners and commercial boats. the provision and training in the operation of Tugboat, in addition to the development of the area around the port, i and training in the operation n accordance with the specialized consultancy studies, and the necessary expansion of the port during the next five-year plan to accommodate the port's economic and tourist activities in the future.