An Italian group will begin construction in a month's time on what will become Iraq's largest shipping port, the Iraqi transport minister announced Monday.
Italian firms to build Iraq's biggest port: minister
Archive | Iraq Transportation News
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Dora Rail Project launched.
Iraq's electricity and transport ministries have announced the launch of a joint railroad project that will carry fuel to the Dora Power Station in southern Baghdad, Aswat al-Iraq has reported. Transport minister, Amir Abduljabbar has said that a similar project will be carried out in Basra province, south of Baghdad. ( AME Info FZ LLC […]
Test Flights Begin at Erbil Airport.
Stafford Clarry, Erbil airport director said that the first aircraft arrived yesterday from Turkey, and it landed on the new airport runway , which is scheduled to go through a development phase lasting several months. The new airport features a runway 4800 m long and 90 m width which is the longest runway in Middle […]
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Aviation in Iraq: New Beginnings
The Iraqi aviation sector is experiencing a surge of demand and is making strides in the development of its infrastructure, fleet and services. “This is an exciting period in the re-establishment of the Iraqi aviation industry,” observes William Wakeham, Managing Director of Anglo Arab Insurance Brokers. Iraq’s Ministry of transportation has recently announced (on March […]
U.S.'s Leedco Wins Iraq Airport Contract
Leedco Engineers Inc, the privately held Californian engineering consultancy, has won a $50 million contract for construction of an international airport in Iraq, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The airport is to be built in Salahuddine Province in northern Iraq as an alternative to Baghdad International Airport, said Jewher Hamad al-Fahel, the head of the province's […]
Lufthansa to Resume Flights to Iraq in April
Lufthansa is resuming flights to Iraq on 25 April 2010 with services from Frankfurt to the city of Erbil in Northern Iraq and will run four flights per week on this new route.
Iraqi Airways seeks speeding up Boeing delivery
Iraq's Transport Minister said that the ministry is trying to accelerate the delivery of 55 new aircraft from Boeing as the country expands operations of its state-controlled Iraqi Airways.
Two New Desalination Plants at Basra Ports
Two contracts were signed on Wednesday with a local company to establish desalination plants in Umm Qasr and Khour al-Zubeir ports
Erbil's New Airport: a Week's Work in a Day
By Aiyob Mawloodi Erbil's new international airport is expected to shoulder a heavy load in the development of the city, the region, and the country. The General Manager of Erbil's new airport, Mr. Stafford Clarry, announced in a press conference on Wednesday, March 24, that the new Erbil International Airport has started flights as a […]
Compressors for Basra
The project to install and operate central air compressors at the shipyard of the Iraqi Ports Company in Basra has been completed. “The compressors are of the reciprocating type,” Anmar al-Safi, the company’s media director, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Thursday. He said that the project was executed by the company’s technical staff. ( […]
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$25m for Paving Roads in Karbala
The Karbala Provincial Council has allocated around ID 30 billion (approx. $25m) to pave a number of roads in the province, a local official said on Wednesday. “The total length of the roads is 100 km,” Abbass Nasser Hassani, member of the council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the roads are located […]
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Iraq, Syria Rail Co-operation
The Iraqi minister of transportation has discussed with the Syrian prime minister means of boosting cooperation in the transportation sector, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said on Wednesday. “The two officials discussed in the Syrian capital Damascus means of developing the work of the Iraqi-Syrian Land Transportation Company and facilitating procedures for the transportation […]
Tags: Baghdad, Transportation