By John Lee. The Iraq Container Terminal (ICT) at Umm Qasr Port has reportedly handled container traffic of two million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) since operations started less than nine years ago. According to Hellenic Shipping News, the joint venture between UAE-based Gulftainer and the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) started operations at […]
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UK efforts in Iraq ‘Hindered by Hostile Immigration Policy’
By John Lee. A report from UK-based newspaper The Guardian says that British Government-backed projects to tackle the aftermath of the war in Iraq have been hindered by the UK’s continuing “hostile” immigration policy. It cites the example of a civil service training scheme involving a £330,000 contract between the General Company for the Ports […]
Mitsubishi awarded $110m Iraq Port Contract
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation has been awarded a contract for port construction in the Republic of Iraq. Extended by the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), the contract covers a port rehabilitation project in the country’s southern region of Basra, and is valued at approximately 110 million US dollars. The project is being funded through […]
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Colombo Dockyard to Build Two Vessels for Iraq
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) has successfully secured a contract with Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) of Japan to build two vessels; Pilot Station Vessel and Buoy Tender Vessel, for General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI). TTC and GCPI signed the Prime Contract on 27th April 2018 in Dubai. Subsequent to the signing of […]
Basra Gateway Terminal joins the Iraq Britain Business Council
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) has announced that Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) has joined the Council. BGT is one of Iraq’s premier container and multi-purpose cargo handling facility, with a team of high-performing Iraqi and International port professionals who deliver customer-focused, high productivity and congestion-free port services to Iraq’s economy. Situated in Umm Qasr, […]
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UK Firm wins $350m Iraqi Port Deal
UK-based WRA and Associates has announced the signing of a contract with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) for a new $350-million facility with 3-4 berths at the port of Umm Qasr, in Basra province. Built in partnership with local company Bur Al-Aman (BAM), the new development will include warehousing and all other […]
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ICTSI Opens First Phase of Basra Gateway Terminal
By Editor on 14th October 2016 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Iraq Industry & Trade News, Iraq Transportation News
By John Lee. International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has officially inaugurated the first phase of its new $130-million greenfield port development at Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) in Umm Qasr. Iraq’s Minister of Transport, Kadhem Finjan al-Hamami, attended the ceremony along with ICTSI chairman and president, Enrique K. Razon Jr. The Philippines-based company signed a 26-year concession […]
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Big Investment In Umm Qasr Port
By John Lee. Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) is investing $130 million in Umm Qasr port, according to a report from Reuters. The Manila-based port management company signed a contract with General Company for Ports of Iraq involving the container facilities at Umm Qasr; it will operate, develop and expand the port. The three-stage […]
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New Import Tariffs Causing Port Chaos
By John Lee. A new 30-percent customs tariff in Iraq is reported to be slowing business at the port of Umm Qasr (pictured), which handles 80 percent of the country’s imports, choking the port with thousands of uncollected cargo containers. But according to the report from Reuters, the new rate does not apply in Iraqi […]
ICTSI to Invest $130m in Port Deal
By John Lee. The Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) said on Thursday that it signed a contract with General Company for Ports of Iraq, agreeing to operate, develop and expand the Port of Umm Qasr. In a stock exchange filing, the company said the contract grants it the right to manage and operate […]
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BP to Build New Port Terminal at Khor al-Zubair
By Editor on 1st May 2013 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Iraq Oil & Gas News, Iraq Transportation News
By John Lee. Reuters reports that BP has signed a deal with Iraq to build a new terminal at the port of Khor al-Zubair. Anmar al-Safi, spokesman at the General Company for Ports of Iraq, told Reuters: “BP will help Iraq build an advanced terminal to receive refined oil product shipments and also to export […]
Iraq Shortlists 2 to Build Breakwater
By John Lee. Iraq has announced a shortlist of two companies to build a breakwater for the $6 billion first phase of its Grand Fao port development. The director general of the State Company for Iraqi Ports, Omran Radhi (pictured), told Bloomberg that the Archirodon Construction Company submitted the lowest bid of 204 billion dinars […]