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Royal Dutch Shell may build its own dock in Iraq's Shatt al-Arab waterway to speed up delivery of heavy equipment to its supergiant Majnoon oilfield, according to a report from Reuters. The head of the General Company of Iraqi Ports, Salah Kudhair, told the agency that it had given initial approval to a proposal from […]
The business associations and economic organizations in Basra, in collaboration with the International Private Projects Center, have held a conference to review the problems experienced by the private transport sector in the province. Abdul Saleh Saheb, the supervisor of the Conference and Vice-President of Businessmen's Union, told AKnews that the conference aims to review the […]
Iraq’s Transport Minister has said that Iraq turned down a project to create rail links between Iraq and the Gulf states because it wanted to project Iraqi ports. He added that the border problem with Iran had hampered the clearing of sunken ships and materials in Shatt Al-Arab Waterway. “If the country is linked with […]
The director of the Media Department of the Iraqi Ports Directorate said on Sunday that the ports department had studied the possibility of closing Maqel [Maaqal] port, but concluded that it is not feasible because of the large financial revenues generated by the port and the ease of transfer of goods through it. Anmar al-Safi […]
The Iraqi Minister of Transportation said on Friday that the Iraqi ports are ready to sign contracts with companies receiving oil investment licenses in Iraq now that the country’s ports are ready for such traffic. AKnews reports that Abdul Jabar said that the ports authorities had completed reconstruction work on many of the docks and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The director of Iraqi Ports announced on Monday that 120 companies would participate in the development of Iraq's ports, indicating that most of the berths will be offered on the basis of joint operation contracts between Ministry of Transport and global companies. It's expected that 120 companies, including Mazda, Siemens, Volkswagen and Audi, will invest […]
The State Company for Iraqi Ports signed an agreement on Thursday with German company Marlog to operate Dock 8 at Khour al-Zubeir [Khor al-Zubair]. The agreement includes the right to operate the dock for seven years. Incorporated in 1974 as a limited company in Düsseldorf, Germany, Marlog-LBG Logistics became a member of the IQ-Martrade Group […]
Iraq's Transport Minister, Shirwan al-Waeli [al-Waili], met with the deputy president of DP World (formerly Dubai Ports Authority) on Monday in Basra, to discuss signing a deal between Iraqi and Dubai ports, according to Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Talks between the two sides tackled steps to implement the deal between the two sides,” said Anmar […]
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 […]
