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Reuters reports that Iraq's city of Najaf has awarded a Canadian company a $600 million contract to build the country's first monorail. Anwar al-Haboobi, a member of the Najaf investment committee, told Reuters the project will be only the second of its kind in the Middle East after Dubai. The contract was awarded to TransGlobim […]
A German company is interested in providing heavy equipment to Iraqi ports, in cooperation with the Iraqi Ports Company, an official source at the company said on Monday, according to a report from AK News. "The German company Damij Cransing (sic) is seeking to invest ... in direct cooperation with the Iraqi Ports Company and […]
(Source: Emirates Business) Emirates has postponed the launch of its Baghdad route until later in the year citing operational reasons, according to an airline spokesperson. The airline was scheduled to launch a thrice-weekly service to the Iraqi capital from 1st July, 2010. "Due to operational reasons, Emirates has temporarily postponed the July 1 Baghdad route […]
A tender is to be floated by Iraq's transport ministry in the fourth quarter of 2011 for the main construction contract of the estimated $6bn Grand Faw Port in Basrah province, Meed has reported. The Grand Faw port is designed to include 7,000 metres of dock for container ships and an additional 3,500 metres of […]
(Source: Eye media company) Judge Hassan Mahmood, Ninawa's second deputy governor, discussed procedures for building a new airport in Sahajee district west of Mosul, with representatives of investment body, agriculture, real-estate, electricity and environment departments. The judge ordered the agriculture department to work on breaking agriculture reclamation contracts, and on completing compulsory purchase orders, which […]
(Source: Iran Daily) A leading Iranian bus manufacturing company plans to export 300 buses to the neighboring country of Iraq, a company official announced on Monday. "The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for the export of 300 buses to Iraq," Managing-Director of Semnan's Oghab Afshan Industrial and Manufacturing Company, Abdullah Akbari-Raad, said in an […]
"Iraq is reviewing the offer, submitted by a group of French companies, which would develop the transportation sector in Iraq, by allowing the investment companies to develop their work in this respect," the source added.
The Iraqi council of ministers has decided to dissolve Iraqi Airways and liquidate its assets after the airline dropped flights to England and Sweden in a row with Kuwait over war reparations.
Emirates has appointed Al Handal Group as its general sales agent in Baghdad, Iraq, effective immediately. With Emirates recently announcing services to Baghdad, available from 1st July, the carrier is keen to build up its presence in Iraq
Sharjah Air Arabia, the largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, yesterday announced the launch of its service to the city of Najaf, Iraq, from its hub in Sharjah.
Iraqi Ports Company signed a contract with the Japan-based firm, Toyota, to develop boarding and de-boarding processes at the Umm Qasr Port
