MUSCAT, OMAN – Vehicle inspection in Oman has entered the private sector. Al Maha Technical Inspection has opened its first centre under the “Tajdeed” brand at the premises of the Oman Automobile Association (OAA) in Muscat, the first private station approved by the Royal Oman Police (ROP).
The company is a partnership between Al Maha Petroleum Products Marketing Company and the ROP, and takes on technical inspections for all vehicle types — work historically carried out by the ROP’s Directorate General of Traffic.
What drivers get
- Full safety and technical testing in one place, to traffic directorate and international standards
- A fully electronic process from test to certificate, with results sent straight to the ROP
- More flexible opening hours, with ownership transfers and vehicle pick-up and delivery planned
- An all-Omani technical and administrative team
More stations on the way
Al Maha’s managing director, Eng. Hamad Salim Al-Maghdari, said more centres are under construction in Al Maabilah South and Al Amerat in Muscat, Nizwa, Salalah and Sohar. Brigadier Jamal Said Al-Taie of the ROP added that the police have signed for twelve more stations with Al Maha, with similar agreements in place with other private companies.
The opening was held under the patronage of Dr. Yousef Salim Al-Hinai, Head of the Government Communication and Performance Unit at the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers.
Photo: Times of Oman / ONA
Sources: Times of Oman / ONA, Oman Observer, Muscat Daily, Al Maha