NFC already operate two high speed Austal 65m catamarans Shinas and Hormuz and are now supplementing their fleet with three Rodriguez 52m wavepiercing catamarans for the extended service. The ports where Beckett Rankine are advising on new berthing facilities for the ferries are Sultan Qaboos Port at Muscat, Sur New Port and Masirah Island. In the photo below Tim Beckett can be seen inspecting Sultan Qaboos Port with Captain Alex Wilson and Captain Malcolm Parrott,  both from TMG.