Iraq Business News brings you the latest Iraq transportation news relating to developments and opportunities.
We reported on Saturday that Iraq's Transportation Ministry has bought 66 ships from 'an international company'. Further investigation shows that the ships will be leased for a 5-year period from the Swiss company Global Refinery. The Swiss firm will also provide extensive training for the Iraqi workforce, including specialized programs for technicians and engineers. "There […]
The Iraqi Transportation Minister, Amer Abdul-Jabbar, said that the ministry has signed a contract to purchase 66 vessels from an international company in order to reduce import expenditure, according to a report from AKnews. He said the ships will arrive next Monday and will create many job opportunities. Abdul-Jabbar noted that the project needs the […]
A Belgian dredger has arrived at Umm Qasr on Wednesday to work on increasing the depth of the shipping channel. The vessel is the 18,620 tonne trailing suction hopper dredger, the 'Francis Beaufort'. It is 142m in length, and has a maximum dredging depth of 71.5m. The report from AKnews says the project was facilitated […]
German airline Lufthansa has postponed its scheduled Sept. 30 startup of a Munich-to-Baghdad route, citing a lack of customer interest, according to a report from Businessweek. Company spokesman Christoph Meier said that bookings "were far below the expectations", and that no new date had been set for the launch of the service. The news is […]
A delegation from the South Korean STX company met officials from the State Company for Iraqi Ports on Wednesday to discus ways of boosting cooperation in the ship-building field, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq. “The meeting ended with the agreement to send a delegation from the Iraqi company to Korea to benefit from […]
The Iraqi transport ministry said it approved a proposal by a private firm to re-open the Baghdad-London air route after a 20-year hiatus, according to a ministry press release on Sunday. “The ministry has given the green light to al-Nasser, a private sector company, to re-operate the airline linking Baghdad to London,” read the release […]
Business is booming at Sulaimaniyah International Airport, with more than 2,000 flights since the beginning of 2010. From January 2010 to the end of August, there were 2,381 flights to and from the airport, Dana Mohammad the media director of the airport, told AKnews. A total of 107,581 passengers have flown through the airport during […]
Iraqi Airways is planning to initiate its new service between Basra and Mash’had [Mashhad] in eastern Iran, according to a Transportation Ministry statement on Tuesday, quoted by Aswat al Iraq. "The Transport Minister, Amer Abdul-Jabbar, has instructed Iraqi Airways to initiate a route between southern Iraq’s Basra and Iran’s Mash’had from September 9, 2010, with […]
The general manager of Najaf International Airport said on Monday that automatic booking machines are being installed at the airport to allow bookings through the internet. Sadiq al-Laban told AKnews, "The automatic booking system is modern and sophisticated. It would facilitate and confirm bookings through the Iraqi Airways website, and through the official website of […]
The technical assistant of head of Dhi Qar provincial council, Abdul Hussein Hajar, revealed that the Defense Ministry approved the allocation of part of Al Imam Ali air base to build a civil airport, subject to the approval of the Transport Ministry. The airport construction requires further legal and technical investigations in order to be […]
A group of Italian firms will provide advisory services to the project of the al-Faw Big Port [Grand Faw] in Basra province, southern Iraq, according to a contract with the Iraqi Transportation Ministry. The ministry reported the event in a statement on Sunday as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency, explaining that the project will […]
We launch our new Jobs in Iraq page today on the IBN web site in response to reader demand. This is a free reciprocal service for Recruitment Agencies and Employers with jobs on offer in Iraq. For readers it provides a welcome source of employment options in a country crying out for skilled labour and […]
