Construction of a port near Iraq's coast is moving ahead as scheduled despite increasingly vocal opposition from Baghdad, government engineers said this week, according to a report in The National. Iraqis say the Mubarak al Kabeer port being built by Kuwait on Boubyan [Bubyan] Island will strangle their own shipping industry by blocking access to […]
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Kuwait to Offer Guarantees on Port Project?
Teh Arab Times reports that Kuwait is ready to sign an agreement with Iraq to guarantee that the Mubarak Al-Kabeer port project will not hinder the construction of Iraq's Grand Faw port. According to the Director of Information at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aous Al-Tamimi, the Iraqi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs […]
New Kuwaiti Port Could Scupper Iraq's Grand Faw
A few dozen Iraqis protested on Wednesday against Kuwaiti plans for a new port near Umm Qasr, Iraq’s only deep-water port. AKnews reports that public committees from Basra organized the protests to show public opposition against the Kuwaiti Mubarak port across the border. "Everyone knows that Kuwait does not need this port since it has […]
Call for Cabinet to Contribute in Al Faw Grand Port
The General Company for Iraq Ports has called on the government to contribute to Al Faw Grand Port which is expected to be implemented by foreign companies and to guarantee that these companies will not control the port. The Company Chairman Salah Khaddir said that such a step would ensure the future by imposing sovereignty […]
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