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Baghdad - Mawazine News
Minister of Transport Nasser Hussein Al-Shibli expected that the large port of Al-Faw will receive 30 million containers annually after completing the first and second phase of the project, with the employment of more than ten thousand workers, while he stressed that the Iraqi airspace is managed by the Air Navigation Company and with Iraqi staff, He revealed that there were pressures to return the British Serco company.
In an interview with the official newspaper, the minister said, "The value of completing the second phase of the large port of Al-Faw is specified, but the ministry is working on offering projects for the second phase for investment, and the expected revenues from the port according to the expectations of the Italian consultant from the five berths within the first phase are very large for both companies Ports or customs and other entities inside the port, ”indicating that“ with the completion of berth 90 within the second phase, the port will be able to receive 30 million containers per year. ”
He added, "The project will create job opportunities for large numbers of manpower, and the preference will be for workers close to the port, and then expand to other areas." He expected that "the project will attract within the first phase up to ten thousand workers, and these numbers will double after the completion of the second phase," pointing out that " The government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and since it assumed its duties, attached the great port of Faw to great importance and began the actual steps for implementation. Negotiations were held with the Korean Daewoo Company for several reasons, including that it had a decision by the former Cabinet to exclude it from the terms of government contracts in order to expedite and raise the pace of work on the project , The company's machinery and machinery and its engineering and technical staff are present in the workplace, which saves time and effort faster.Al-Shibli affirmed that “the large Faw port project, all previous governments failed to implement, whether after 2003 or before, because the importance of this project comes due to the shallowness of water and the few and simple depths that do not exceed from seven to eight in the existing ports, and thus we cannot receive large ships. ", Explaining that" those ships go in the beginning to the port of Jebel Ali in the Emirates to unload their cargo with small ships in order to gain access to the Iraqi ports. "
The minister pointed out that “the strategy that we put in place was set by the ministry to build the port of Faw from the second side, as it extends to the sea, and therefore we agreed with an Italian consulting company to prepare economic designs and choose the appropriate location for the construction of the port. It was agreed to choose this site as the Korean company completed with a company. Greek in 2011 the eastern and western breakwater as the existing western breakwater is the largest breakwater in the world and entered the Guinness Book of Records.
The five projects
With regard to the first phase projects that the Korean Daewoo has started implementing in the port, the Minister of Transport stated that the company has started implementing the five projects that were agreed upon in the aforementioned contract, which are important and large projects and will be a good start to Iraq, ”explaining that“ these projects are the docking channel estimated at about "12 kilometers and five docks, and the mooring basin of up to 13 kilometers, in addition to a road linking Al-Faw to Al-Sari 'via Khor Al-Zubair, as well as the construction of the tunnel that crosses from under the marine channel and reaches Khor Al-Zubair and then to Basra."
He added, "These projects will put Al-Faw Port at the forefront of the ports in the region," noting that "the contract with the Korean company includes the completion of the first phase of the project for a period not exceeding three years and at a cost of two billion and 625 million dollars."
Al-Shibli stressed that "the second phase of the projects includes the construction of a tourist city, an industrial city, an airport, a power station and another for water desalination."
Railway link
and on the railway link, said Minister of Transport , said , " The ministry raised railway link to the investment project and made ten foreign companies sober for its implementation, as the project includes the establishment of a railway second parallel to the old railroad located at a different speed, and will be to transport passengers and cargo transportation," adding that it "extends from the port Fao to the Turkish border via Fishkhabur and then towards Europe.
He noted that "this project will connect the East with the West through the great port of Faw," as it is considered the closest point to connecting Asia and Europe.
On the Iraqi airspace file and its management, the Minister of Transport stated that "the Iraqi Air Navigation Company is the one who manages the Iraqi airspace as of 1-1-2021 after years of joint work with the British Serco Company as the Air Navigation Company is able to manage the Iraqi airspace with Iraqi staff." , Explaining that "Serco Company contracted with the Ministry in 2014 to provide training and monitoring services. Now we have 270 air traffic controllers currently and we have a safe and controlled atmosphere with radars."
He stated that "the Air Navigation Company was a subordinate division to the Civil Aviation Authority, but now in a company that includes a board of directors, which in turn pledged to manage the airspace, and sees no need for the services of the aforementioned company, but there are great pressures to return the work of Serco again to the air control." .
He pointed out that “the ministry has authorized the Air Navigation Company to make the decision about its desire to re-contract with Serco to work again or not, as a self-financing company. We hope that the dispute will be resolved soon regarding the issue of long-term partnership and short-term contract.” Al-Shibli said: “The ministry faces A problem is that the air navigation company had signed a partnership contract with Serco in 2018 for a period of 15 years, and there are parliamentary and executive bodies in the government who believe that the agreement signed with the company may have financial consequences for the air navigation company.
He revealed "the sums that were spent on foreign companies to monitor the Iraqi airspace, ranging between two million and 400 thousand dollars to three million dollars a month." Good and provide that amount to support and finance self-financing companies in the ministry.
Revenue from the airspace
, Al-Shibli revealed that "the number of aircraft that pass through Iraqi airspace reaches 320 aircraft per day, at a value of $ 450 per plane," explaining that this "is a good revenue for the Iraqi Air Navigation Company, and there is also a contract signed earlier with the International Air Transport Association." (IATA) to collect these revenues and we are now in the process of taking a decision regarding the continuation of the business contract with the International Air Transport Association or authorizing the air traffic control to collect the
amounts.
On the airline file, Al-Shibli explained that "the Iraqi Airways company from 2012 to 2013 was making profits between 50 to 60 million dollars a month, but the latest report of the company's revenues during the last month of this year shows that the sums collected amounted to 16 million dollars in When expenditures amounted to 15 million dollars.
He attributed the reason for the decline in revenues to “the European ban on Iraqi aviation in 2015, as well as the discovery of great corruption in the file of Iraqi Airways agents, most of whom had their agencies canceled, in addition to the presence of many Iraqi commercial airlines that are not at the required level and finally the Corona pandemic and its impact in all sectors. Aviation in the world ”.
Al-Shibli explained that “Iraqi Airways owns a fleet of 31 aircraft, most of them modern, and we are about to receive four additional aircraft soon, the type of Airbus and Dreamliner at the end of this year,” adding that “the existing aircraft meet the need of Iraqi Airways and there are efforts to support the Iraqi air fleet by perpetuating the planes and opening lines. To operate the aircraft parked in Iraqi airports.
Ticket prices
Regarding plans to reduce ticket prices through Iraqi Airways, Al-Shibli explained that “The Ministry of Transport has set up a program to contract with a new company other than the previously contracted SITA company with regard to flight reservations, and we have put in place a new system in which different ticket prices are even within the same day according to schedules, and there are low prices. For flights to Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Germany and Copenhagen, ”revealing that“ there is great seriousness in reducing the prices of airline tickets for passengers in the Iraqi Airways company, as part of a set of measures taken by the ministry. ”
The Minister of Transport said that "the prices of airline tickets through Iraqi Airways are good, but the ministry intends to take a set of steps and procedures that are in the interest of travelers."
And on the value of the debts owed by agents of the Iraqi Airways Company, he stressed that it “reaches 32 million dollars, as these agents have not paid the sums owed by them so far, in addition to the presence of other debts on airlines for some
airports.”
European embargo
On the developments of the file to lift the European ban on Iraqi aircraft, the Minister of Transport stated that despite the existence of serious efforts to lift the ban on Iraqi aviation in Europe, the file is still stagnant, as Iraq is supposed to present all the requirements to the International Aviation Zone in No later than
next November .
He stated that "the ban on entering European airspace was placed on Iraqi airlines for not meeting the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization," noting that "there are positive signs to lift the European ban after fulfilling many of the commitments that we have made progress in and providing European safety and security standards, but they are not at the required level." .
The minister revealed "the existence of technical committees working to implement and implement international requirements and standards, as the ministry is moving forward rapidly to lift the ban so that the green bird will fly again in all capitals of European and global countries."
Regarding the Ministry's winning and losing companies, Minister Al-Shibli clarified that “the port companies, sea and land transport, private transport and lines are profitable companies at the present time except for the two railway and passenger transport companies.” He also pointed out that the ministry “developed a plan for the development of Iraqi ports that included a project to build a fence with a length of 5 A kilometer north from the northern port of Umm Qasr and ends at the last point in the southern port of Umm Qasr and the construction of new streets, as well as the construction of berths in the northern and southern Umm Qasr by foreign companies through joint operation.
Minister of Transport Nasser Hussein Al-Shibli expected that the large port of Al-Faw will receive 30 million containers annually after completing the first and second phase of the project, with the employment of more than ten thousand workers, while he stressed that the Iraqi airspace is managed by the Air Navigation Company and with Iraqi staff, He revealed that there were pressures to return the British Serco company.
In an interview with the official newspaper, the minister said, "The value of completing the second phase of the large port of Al-Faw is specified, but the ministry is working on offering projects for the second phase for investment, and the expected revenues from the port according to the expectations of the Italian consultant from the five berths within the first phase are very large for both companies Ports or customs and other entities inside the port, ”indicating that“ with the completion of berth 90 within the second phase, the port will be able to receive 30 million containers per year. ”
He added, "The project will create job opportunities for large numbers of manpower, and the preference will be for workers close to the port, and then expand to other areas." He expected that "the project will attract within the first phase up to ten thousand workers, and these numbers will double after the completion of the second phase," pointing out that " The government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and since it assumed its duties, attached the great port of Faw to great importance and began the actual steps for implementation. Negotiations were held with the Korean Daewoo Company for several reasons, including that it had a decision by the former Cabinet to exclude it from the terms of government contracts in order to expedite and raise the pace of work on the project , The company's machinery and machinery and its engineering and technical staff are present in the workplace, which saves time and effort faster.Al-Shibli affirmed that “the large Faw port project, all previous governments failed to implement, whether after 2003 or before, because the importance of this project comes due to the shallowness of water and the few and simple depths that do not exceed from seven to eight in the existing ports, and thus we cannot receive large ships. ", Explaining that" those ships go in the beginning to the port of Jebel Ali in the Emirates to unload their cargo with small ships in order to gain access to the Iraqi ports. "
The minister pointed out that “the strategy that we put in place was set by the ministry to build the port of Faw from the second side, as it extends to the sea, and therefore we agreed with an Italian consulting company to prepare economic designs and choose the appropriate location for the construction of the port. It was agreed to choose this site as the Korean company completed with a company. Greek in 2011 the eastern and western breakwater as the existing western breakwater is the largest breakwater in the world and entered the Guinness Book of Records.
The five projects
With regard to the first phase projects that the Korean Daewoo has started implementing in the port, the Minister of Transport stated that the company has started implementing the five projects that were agreed upon in the aforementioned contract, which are important and large projects and will be a good start to Iraq, ”explaining that“ these projects are the docking channel estimated at about "12 kilometers and five docks, and the mooring basin of up to 13 kilometers, in addition to a road linking Al-Faw to Al-Sari 'via Khor Al-Zubair, as well as the construction of the tunnel that crosses from under the marine channel and reaches Khor Al-Zubair and then to Basra."
He added, "These projects will put Al-Faw Port at the forefront of the ports in the region," noting that "the contract with the Korean company includes the completion of the first phase of the project for a period not exceeding three years and at a cost of two billion and 625 million dollars."
Al-Shibli stressed that "the second phase of the projects includes the construction of a tourist city, an industrial city, an airport, a power station and another for water desalination."
Railway link
and on the railway link, said Minister of Transport , said , " The ministry raised railway link to the investment project and made ten foreign companies sober for its implementation, as the project includes the establishment of a railway second parallel to the old railroad located at a different speed, and will be to transport passengers and cargo transportation," adding that it "extends from the port Fao to the Turkish border via Fishkhabur and then towards Europe.
He noted that "this project will connect the East with the West through the great port of Faw," as it is considered the closest point to connecting Asia and Europe.
On the Iraqi airspace file and its management, the Minister of Transport stated that "the Iraqi Air Navigation Company is the one who manages the Iraqi airspace as of 1-1-2021 after years of joint work with the British Serco Company as the Air Navigation Company is able to manage the Iraqi airspace with Iraqi staff." , Explaining that "Serco Company contracted with the Ministry in 2014 to provide training and monitoring services. Now we have 270 air traffic controllers currently and we have a safe and controlled atmosphere with radars."
He stated that "the Air Navigation Company was a subordinate division to the Civil Aviation Authority, but now in a company that includes a board of directors, which in turn pledged to manage the airspace, and sees no need for the services of the aforementioned company, but there are great pressures to return the work of Serco again to the air control." .
He pointed out that “the ministry has authorized the Air Navigation Company to make the decision about its desire to re-contract with Serco to work again or not, as a self-financing company. We hope that the dispute will be resolved soon regarding the issue of long-term partnership and short-term contract.” Al-Shibli said: “The ministry faces A problem is that the air navigation company had signed a partnership contract with Serco in 2018 for a period of 15 years, and there are parliamentary and executive bodies in the government who believe that the agreement signed with the company may have financial consequences for the air navigation company.
He revealed "the sums that were spent on foreign companies to monitor the Iraqi airspace, ranging between two million and 400 thousand dollars to three million dollars a month." Good and provide that amount to support and finance self-financing companies in the ministry.
Revenue from the airspace
, Al-Shibli revealed that "the number of aircraft that pass through Iraqi airspace reaches 320 aircraft per day, at a value of $ 450 per plane," explaining that this "is a good revenue for the Iraqi Air Navigation Company, and there is also a contract signed earlier with the International Air Transport Association." (IATA) to collect these revenues and we are now in the process of taking a decision regarding the continuation of the business contract with the International Air Transport Association or authorizing the air traffic control to collect the
amounts.
On the airline file, Al-Shibli explained that "the Iraqi Airways company from 2012 to 2013 was making profits between 50 to 60 million dollars a month, but the latest report of the company's revenues during the last month of this year shows that the sums collected amounted to 16 million dollars in When expenditures amounted to 15 million dollars.
He attributed the reason for the decline in revenues to “the European ban on Iraqi aviation in 2015, as well as the discovery of great corruption in the file of Iraqi Airways agents, most of whom had their agencies canceled, in addition to the presence of many Iraqi commercial airlines that are not at the required level and finally the Corona pandemic and its impact in all sectors. Aviation in the world ”.
Al-Shibli explained that “Iraqi Airways owns a fleet of 31 aircraft, most of them modern, and we are about to receive four additional aircraft soon, the type of Airbus and Dreamliner at the end of this year,” adding that “the existing aircraft meet the need of Iraqi Airways and there are efforts to support the Iraqi air fleet by perpetuating the planes and opening lines. To operate the aircraft parked in Iraqi airports.
Ticket prices
Regarding plans to reduce ticket prices through Iraqi Airways, Al-Shibli explained that “The Ministry of Transport has set up a program to contract with a new company other than the previously contracted SITA company with regard to flight reservations, and we have put in place a new system in which different ticket prices are even within the same day according to schedules, and there are low prices. For flights to Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Germany and Copenhagen, ”revealing that“ there is great seriousness in reducing the prices of airline tickets for passengers in the Iraqi Airways company, as part of a set of measures taken by the ministry. ”
The Minister of Transport said that "the prices of airline tickets through Iraqi Airways are good, but the ministry intends to take a set of steps and procedures that are in the interest of travelers."
And on the value of the debts owed by agents of the Iraqi Airways Company, he stressed that it “reaches 32 million dollars, as these agents have not paid the sums owed by them so far, in addition to the presence of other debts on airlines for some
airports.”
European embargo
On the developments of the file to lift the European ban on Iraqi aircraft, the Minister of Transport stated that despite the existence of serious efforts to lift the ban on Iraqi aviation in Europe, the file is still stagnant, as Iraq is supposed to present all the requirements to the International Aviation Zone in No later than
next November .
He stated that "the ban on entering European airspace was placed on Iraqi airlines for not meeting the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization," noting that "there are positive signs to lift the European ban after fulfilling many of the commitments that we have made progress in and providing European safety and security standards, but they are not at the required level." .
The minister revealed "the existence of technical committees working to implement and implement international requirements and standards, as the ministry is moving forward rapidly to lift the ban so that the green bird will fly again in all capitals of European and global countries."
Regarding the Ministry's winning and losing companies, Minister Al-Shibli clarified that “the port companies, sea and land transport, private transport and lines are profitable companies at the present time except for the two railway and passenger transport companies.” He also pointed out that the ministry “developed a plan for the development of Iraqi ports that included a project to build a fence with a length of 5 A kilometer north from the northern port of Umm Qasr and ends at the last point in the southern port of Umm Qasr and the construction of new streets, as well as the construction of berths in the northern and southern Umm Qasr by foreign companies through joint operation.
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