Iranian ambitions in Basra cut Iraqi ports revenues by 50%

Iranian ambitions in Basra cut Iraqi ports revenues by 50%


 Basra / Ammar Saleh

As instructed the governor of Basra Majed Nasraoui, overcoming obstacles to the implementation of a project to extend the railway Bozrah - Falmjh, specialists expressed in regard navigational concerns of the repercussions of the railway link with Iran on the future of the Iraqi ports, while the Minister earlier to transfer the seriousness of the project warned, stressing that , if Iraq wants to give Iran the right to implement the project despite the economic damage, for Iran re - Shatt al - Arab Iraq as was the case before the 1975 agreement and open water that shut down after the 2003 outlets.
According to an official source at the Iraqi Ports Company (range) that the "D railway linking Iraq through Basra , Iran , the city is not without serious risks because it is used in the transport of goods coming and goods to Iraq through the Iranian port project, and thus will flourish work near Basra Iranian ports , as a port of Khorramshahr and the port of Abadan and other Iranian ports at the expense of the Iraqi ports. "
The source , who declined to be identified confirmed that "this project put forward several years ago and was ignored implemented because of the warnings launched by specialists at the Iraqi ports company, especially the transport by rail is cheaper , which will lead to diminished work of Iraqi ports by up to 50 almost% ".oatdmn Railway Basra - Falmjh project, D Railway , 32.5 km long, starting from the west of the city of Basra and ends near the Shalamcheh border port, with the creation of a sophisticated bridge according to the latest designs on the Shatt al - Arab, allows the passage of navigation where take care of the Iranian side to bear the costs of $ 40 million, while the Iraqi side to bear Opening amount of the bridge costs $ 9 million, according to a statement issued by the province of Basra , the project is used in the "revitalization of the commercial, economic and tourist exchanges by trains with the Islamic Republic of Iran" .ozyr former transport for the years 2008-2010 Amer Abdul - Jabbar, shows in an interview (range) " there was a great urgency by the Iranian side in the implementation of the railway link with the project, Iran is the fact that there is no way its only link across Iraq, has refused to link with them and with any country in the Arabian Gulf, despite the offers made by Iran to Iraq at the time by offering a loan without the benefits in exchange for the approval of this project, adding that "the The project if it was intended to transport visitors or pilgrims do not mind connecting railway mono "to Mono Rail" with axial load of 15 tons, but they are now seeking to establish a double rail with axial load of 25 tons and this means the target of it cargo trains pass. "
Abdul - Jabbar finds that "if Iraq achieved a linkage with Iran will affect the Iraqi ports, considering that all Iraqi ports limited Depths b (m 12,5) maximum and we have no port on the Arabian Gulf, and the Gulf states has deep ports to receive the giant ships, thus will be converted goods to their ports and then transported to Iraq by train and Iraq will receive a commission train only . "and that , in the absence of the railway link with Iran, we will be forced ships to come to our ports, and this means that we will achieve profits and wages and revenues from the vessels in addition to wages and returns marine agencies marine services for the processing of ships with fuel and puri Food and others, as well as providing employment opportunities for workers loading and unloading as well as trains wages, as well as for the passage of goods from Iran or the Gulf states to Europe through the dry canal ".otdm Basra province , five commercial ports constitute a financial revenue one of the main sources of national income in Iraq.
Abdul Jabbar draws during his speech that "Iraq if he wanted to give Iran the implementation of this project despite the economic damage will be attached to it, then he must be in exchange for achieving a gain Iraqi, for example, is Iran's readiness in exchange for the railway link to restore the Shatt al - Arab Iraq as the case before the 1975 agreement and the opening of the ports Water closed by us after 2003 and re - stream of the Karun River . "This at a time when student and former Minister of Transport, that" the decision to implement the railway link project with Iran is well thought out well, and is being discussed at the state level government and parliament, and at least try this decision re unfair gains obtained by the neighboring countries of Iraq , the circumstances of force majeure, unfortunately, has an international Bhranh and not for us to be restored only by following this method, it has initiated a committee of the Board of Basra province, drawing the initial steps to implement the railway Bozrah project - Falmjh which described a statement issued by the Office of the Governor Basra Majed Nasraoui, that Alparw Would "activate the commercial, economic and tourism exchange by trains , which comes in implementation of the memorandum of understanding between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran . " Offer no form rail link with Iran project, the only threat faced by the Iraqi ports, as Kuwait continues to implement the port of Mubarak the Great One year after the passage of proceed to Iraq in the implementation of the port of Faw, and according to what was written about the current Minister of transport Kazem cup Hamami, before taking office that the "port project Mubarak will prevent Iraqi ports from carrying out the usual activities of commercial and grab another Iraqi naval ports, and abort the project port of Faw pronation T, and turn around at the entrance to the Shatt al - Arab from the point of head Bishah and approach him a distance of not more than 18 nautical miles ".aad port of Mubarak the Great, one of the largest port projects that Kuwait is implemented in the east of the island of Bubiyan , located north of Kuwait, and passes the establishment of the port in four phases , the first phase was completed in 2015 with 4 berths in the implementation will be followed by three other phases, to reach the total port capacity of 60 berths to be one of the largest ports in the Arabian Gulf, where the handling capacity will reach planned 1.8 million containers per year.


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