Transportation: Increasing the country's maritime fleet to 6 giant birges

Transportation: Increasing the country's maritime fleet to 6 giant birges

 

22/7/2017 12:00 am

After buying two at a price ranging between (48-55) million
Baghdad / Jinan al - Asadi
hoped that the number of ships fleet of shipping up to six of the kind giant, after the purchase of two ships of Japanese origin, at a price ranging between (48-55) million dollars, As part of its plan to be accredited as a national carrier.
The Director General of the General Company for Maritime Transport of the Ministry of Transport, Karim Kanhal al-Jabri said in a statement to the «morning», that his company decided to buy two of the Japanese origin tonnage (30 - 35) thousand tons to refuel the fleet, which raises the number of vessels and giant new fleet To six, within plans designed to be his company a
national carrier .
He pointed out that the payment of the prices of these ships (48 - 55) million dollars, will be in the form of payments, and therefore does not cost the state treasury any money that the money will be paid, the two batches of financial profits, especially after it was agreed with the General Grain Trade Company of Iraq To convey their vocabulary, revealing in the same regard about the existence of efforts to conclude a contract to be officially carriers of their goods, especially after the possession of ships with large loads. Jabri pointed to the importance of what this will be of great economic returns for the company in particular and the state in general, especially as the law provides for the calculation of 45 percent Of the profits of the state, and hence J, the company is keen to be adopted by all state institutions to transfer their goods, indicating that the national shipping has many advantages, including the provision of full security protection of goods, in addition to the money that will be spent in the transfer process will go to a government institution.
He added: The company is considering the transfer of maintenance and rehabilitation of vessels in the vessels of the Kuwaiti side, as a delegation of the company briefed his head on the ground on the reality of work, which will provide large funds to the company, because the rehabilitation operations were taking place in the ports of the UAE, noting that the process of profiling need to depths of up to 20 meters The country's rivers lack this depth.
It is worth mentioning that the ships belonging to the company were exposed during the events that accompanied the fall of the former regime during 2003, to destruction as a result of bombing or vandalism or was the dictatorial regime of the tomb had sold a large number of them

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