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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 […]
The General Company of Iraqi Ports is seeking investment in the new container port in Umm al-Qasr, in Iraq’s southern province of Basra, according to a report from AK News. “The international and local companies that have shipping lines specialized in container transportation must offer their investments to create, manage and operate the new containers […]
(Source: Aswat Al Iraq) Iraqis Ports Company has reached an agreement with a foreign firm to build 1,300 housing units for ports’ staff in the Basra province, in southern Iraq. “The compound will be constructed at the al-Najeebiya area, 25 km north of Basra,” a media source from the Iraqi company told Aswat al-Iraq news […]
A total of 23 commercial ships have arrived in Iraqi ports in Basra province this week, the public relations and media director at the State Company for Iraqi Ports said on Thursday
Iraq Minister of Transportation Amer Abdul Jabbar Ismail said that the rentals of the ports and naval agencies and the incomes thereof from 10 to 50% in the light of the achievements in Iraqi ports.
French shipping giant CMA CGM has confirmed that it will open its newly renovated deep water quay in Umm Qasr port
AVEVA Group in Cambridge, one of the world's leading providers of engineering data and design IT systems to the plant, power and marine industries, has won work in Iraq
Basra’s ports received 22 commercial ships from different countries this week, according to the Iraqi ports department’s relations & information chief on Thursday. “Umm Qasr port received 17 ships, while Abu Fallous received 3 and al-Maaqal two ships,” Anmar Abdulmenaem al-Safi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The Shiite province of Basra, 590 km south of […]
