Zaab Sethna, regional head of Northern Gulf Partners, a company recently awarded an investment license, told reporters that “There is some corruption elsewhere in Iraq but we haven’t seen the like in Basra…Where there is some security concern elsewhere in Iraq, we don’t have such concerns in Basra. The local security and police forces are very helpful.”
Basra seems to be the role-model for Iraq’s route to recovery, displaying a willingness to participate in international trade and commerce at odds with the insularity still prevalent in other regions of the country. Whether Basra’s leaders and authorities will be able to manage the massive influx of investment without falling prey to the malaises common to boom-towns has yet to be seen.
Move One Logistics has been active in Iraq since 2003. The company has seven strategically located offices throughout the country (including facilities in Baghdad, Erbil, Balad, Camp Victory, Umm Qasr and Basra) and a massive, 42,000 sqm compound currently in the final stages of completion in Az Zubayr. This new location is near the main highway connecting Safwan and Umm Qasr to Basra, and was chosen for its strategic proximity to the major southern ports of entry and the North and South Rumaila oil fields. The compound in Az Zubayr will provide direct access to the transport infrastructure, meaning that Move One will have an extremely rapid dispatch time across Iraq.
Move One’s extensive local knowledge has helped build a successful track record in delivering everything from small shipments to heavy and over-sized cargo for customers in various business sectors, including military, diplomatic, oil and gas industry and civil reconstruction projects.
For further information about Move One’s logistics services in Iraq and the Middle East, please contact Erik Hemphill at [email protected].
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