Minister of Transport: Railways will be a profitable company within two months

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[size=52]Minister of Transport: Railways will be a profitable company within two months[/size]

[size=45]Yesterday, Monday, Minister of Transport Nasser Al-Shibli outlined the tasks of the ministry's companies, and while he identified the main obstacles facing them, he explained the main reason for stopping the maritime transport project.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shibli said in statements received by the official news agency, "The railways were established since the forties of the last century, and as a result of the passage of time, they have been exposed to consumption and are now dilapidated, but the ministry was able during this period to return a number of railways from Baghdad to Mosul and from Baghdad to Basra and make them ready." for work".[/size]
[size=45]He added: "In the Samawah area also, the company is currently doing its work there, in addition to the western region, where the railway is working. As for the train that crosses the Euphrates side, it was destroyed by ISIS terrorist gangs, and it was agreed with the governorate to work on rehabilitating the bridge and returning it to work."[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "We signed with the Italian company a contract to develop new designs starting from the port of Faw to Turkey, where the link will be between the east and the west and between Turkey and the port of Faw, and this will also be through it several branches of roads," noting that "these plans will be completed at the end of the eighth month." .[/size]
[size=45]Regarding locomotives, Al-Shibli said: "We have Chinese locomotives that have been entered since 2014, and we have old locomotives whose speed has become slow due to their exposure to road abuse, whether those abuses were by citizens or by construction near the railways by trespassers."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shibli added, "The railway company is very important and is the basis for linking the governorates, although it is the only losing company that we currently have, and now we have a container contract where we are working to transport containers for oil derivatives from Baiji and Kayara and within a month or two it will be one of the winning companies."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the private transport company is responsible for all garages throughout Iraq," adding: "We have a Mosul garage about to be completed, in addition to the garages of Nasiriyah, Basra and Samawah also about to be completed."[/size]
[size=45]He explained, "The private transport company is responsible for all transportation inside Iraq to transport citizens, and it is one of the profitable companies, but it needs development, as we have started working with plans to develop these garages, and all provinces are covered by the issue of garages, including Nineveh, Al-Amarah, Basra, Holy Karbala and Najaf as well."[/size]
[size=45]With regard to the maritime transport sector, Al-Shibli said: “We have a shipping company, which is a profitable company, but unfortunately most of our ships have been destroyed, as we have only six ships that are currently carrying out very big tasks in transportation, and we are currently planning to buy new ships very soon through the amounts available to the Navy, as There was a contract in 2012 that was signed to buy ships, but unfortunately it was not implemented.”[/size]
[size=45]And he added: “We lack transportation for travelers between us and neighboring countries, where we have commercial transportation only, but we are thinking to start transporting travelers, especially from Basra to Dubai, and this requires a number of boats called tugboats, and now we have one of the old yachts that were in the time of the regime. We will work to return it, which is the first seed for maritime transport.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shibli went on to say that “the ministry was unable to implement the river transport, knowing that it had completed all the garages and had 21 boats in Baghdad, but whenever it wanted to open it, the shallowness of the water would be an obstacle due to the scarcity of the available water, so this project was stopped.”[/size]
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