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terminalista group ICTSI will manage the traffic of the container of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr
Previewed the construction of new docks
April 10, 2014
The terminalista group Philippine International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through the society integrally controlled ICTSI (M.E) JLT, has undersigned with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) a contract in order to manage, to develop and to widen the structures for the traffic of the container of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.
In particular, the contract previews the construction and management for the duration 26-year-old of three new docks that will be used to the traffic of the several container and the goods and the management for the duration 10-year-old of the dock number 20 of the Middle Eastern port of call that is dedicated to the traffic of the container.
The project of development of the activity previews in the first phase to per year use 200 meters of dock after the traffic of the containers for a previewed ability to 300 thousand teu, while to concluded project the terminal will have 600 linear meters of dock for an ability to 900 thousand teu. In the first phase, that it will be completed in 24 months, an investment of 100 million dollars is previewed to which they will join other 30 million dollars for the restructure of the terminal to the dock n. 20.
Umm Qasr, that it is the greatest port of Iraq, has 21 docks, for a total of 5.000 linear meters, that are used after the sand bank and the liquid bulk traffic of, the conventional container and the goods. Last year the Iraqi port of call has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 500 thousand teu.
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The terminalista group Philippine International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through the society integrally controlled ICTSI (M.E) JLT, has undersigned with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) a contract in order to manage, to develop and to widen the structures for the traffic of the container of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
