Oman government has been taking several steps to address their maritime transportation needs. The vision of the government brought a lot of success within a short span of time. The formation of the Oman Shipping Company SAOC (OSC) was to materialize the vision of the government for developing a national fleet for their ever evolving maritime transportation needs of the metallurgical, petrochemicals and hydrocarbon industries. OSC can be described as a shipping arm of the Sultanate of Oman.