I would fully expect a seaport near the Air Force Base considering it's THE PERSIAN GULF. Right? Water and all that.
Fujairah
25°07'N 56°20'E
Fujairah's prominence as a convenient 'bunker stop' was born out of the Iran/Iraq war in the mid 1980's. The only ship's entrance to the Gulf, through the Straits of Hormuz, was mined and tankers were also targeted by Iranian fire. Passage became restricted to US and Royal Navy protected convoys. Fujairah is in the outer Gulf, and as vessels queued up waiting to go through the strait in convoys, Fujairah came into its own with services aimed towards the waiting ships. After the Iran/Iraq war, Fujairah was well established as a popular anchorage for tankers waiting for employment in the Gulf.
The Fujairah to Jebel Ali land link is the Navy’s logistics pipeline to the Gulf should the Strait of Hormuz be closed.
The Fujairah bunker market incorporates the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ports of Khor Fakkan, Fujairah and the smaller and less known Kalba. Fujairah is situated between the two others, with Khor Fakkan to the north. These three ports, and more importantly their offshore sector in the Gulf of Oman, together constitute the Fujairah bunker market. The reason why three separate anchorages (Fujairah, Khor Fakkan and Kalba) are effectively part of one and the same market, is that the vast majority of bunkers in this area are delivered offshore in the Gulf of Oman. Fujairah itself seems to have outgrown its capacity and has been known to be a bit overcrowded, which has helped the anchorages of Kalba and Khor Fakkan gain popularity....
