Transport: the start of next March the implementation of the port of Faw
• 10/12/2011 11:02
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"Iraq's gate," said Department of Transportation that the proposed port of Faw will begin work on its implementation in the month of March.
The media advisor to the Minister of Transport Karim Nouri said in a statement posted on the ministry ", the designs of the port of Faw completed and we will start building in the next March." Adding that the port of Faw is one of the most important projects of the Ministry of Transport in the coming years in view of what this port from the outlet of a large movement of the Iraqi economy, particularly after the opening of markets witnessed in Iraq and that required to open new outlets to accommodate the movement of goods and passengers increased.
The group of companies and the Italian implementation of the project cost amounting to more than four and a half billion dollars.
The foundation stone for the port has established in April 2010, a year before the Declaration of Kuwait last April at the port of Mubarak, who has caused, the outbreak of the crisis between the two countries, as Mubarak will make the port of Faw port project worthless.
Officials in the Ministry of Transport had said last year that the port project has been criticized by several offered us a lot of privileges to give him in exchange for the development of the port of Umm Qasr, but we turned it down. " Away and Umm Qasr, located near Basra, a distance of eighty kilometers from the FAO.
It is known that there is no port at the head of Iraq's Persian Gulf, and all ports are located in the channels of naval vessels and interference limited depths. "
As mentioned by those officials, "the Faw port project is the tenth largest port in the world in terms of its strategic location and will be part of the dry canal project linking the Mediterranean Sea through the Gulf railway" through Turkey.
It is expected that this giant port capable of accommodating the largest ships and dock will contain a hundred and a capacity of up to 99 million tonnes a year. "
The port will be built on an area of 6700 meters length display 2190 meters, will also be an area of container berth 39 000 square meters.
According to diplomats, the Italian port of Faw will be among the largest in the world and will receive the largest ships, tankers and container company "Tknital" Italian engineering will lead the consortium that will build the port.
The Italian government will finance the necessary training for the management of the port and provide technical assistance to establish an industrial area linked to his activities.
This has been allocated for transport and communications in the budget next year under a cabinet decision last week's 1.13 trillion at a rate of [0.96]% of budget allocations.
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• 10/12/2011 11:02
• Eye on the horizon
• no comments
"Iraq's gate," said Department of Transportation that the proposed port of Faw will begin work on its implementation in the month of March.
The media advisor to the Minister of Transport Karim Nouri said in a statement posted on the ministry ", the designs of the port of Faw completed and we will start building in the next March." Adding that the port of Faw is one of the most important projects of the Ministry of Transport in the coming years in view of what this port from the outlet of a large movement of the Iraqi economy, particularly after the opening of markets witnessed in Iraq and that required to open new outlets to accommodate the movement of goods and passengers increased.
The group of companies and the Italian implementation of the project cost amounting to more than four and a half billion dollars.
The foundation stone for the port has established in April 2010, a year before the Declaration of Kuwait last April at the port of Mubarak, who has caused, the outbreak of the crisis between the two countries, as Mubarak will make the port of Faw port project worthless.
Officials in the Ministry of Transport had said last year that the port project has been criticized by several offered us a lot of privileges to give him in exchange for the development of the port of Umm Qasr, but we turned it down. " Away and Umm Qasr, located near Basra, a distance of eighty kilometers from the FAO.
It is known that there is no port at the head of Iraq's Persian Gulf, and all ports are located in the channels of naval vessels and interference limited depths. "
As mentioned by those officials, "the Faw port project is the tenth largest port in the world in terms of its strategic location and will be part of the dry canal project linking the Mediterranean Sea through the Gulf railway" through Turkey.
It is expected that this giant port capable of accommodating the largest ships and dock will contain a hundred and a capacity of up to 99 million tonnes a year. "
The port will be built on an area of 6700 meters length display 2190 meters, will also be an area of container berth 39 000 square meters.
According to diplomats, the Italian port of Faw will be among the largest in the world and will receive the largest ships, tankers and container company "Tknital" Italian engineering will lead the consortium that will build the port.
The Italian government will finance the necessary training for the management of the port and provide technical assistance to establish an industrial area linked to his activities.
This has been allocated for transport and communications in the budget next year under a cabinet decision last week's 1.13 trillion at a rate of [0.96]% of budget allocations.
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