Shipping declares near the activation of the Iraqi shipping line after a stopover for 31 years

News / Basra
announced the General Company for Maritime Transport, which is based in Basra province, on Wednesday, closely activation of the Iraqi shipping line interoperability format with the private sector after a stopover since 1985, and predicted that this would lead to the achievement of financial revenues. The general director of the company Abdul Karim Knhl during a press conference held at the company's headquarters in the presence of a number of members of the House of Representatives and local officials that "the board of Directors decided to activate the shipping Iraqi line (Iraqi line) stalled since 1985," noting that "it means raising the company's logo (brand) on cargo containers after it was all containers carried by ships coming into the ports of Iraq with slogans foreign companies. "

He Knhl that "the company will deal with companies freely from the private sector to activate the line, it will be dealt with interoperability format in accordance with Article 15 of the Companies Act No. 22 of 1997," adding that "companies wishing to contribute to the activation of the line has to provide containers to ship goods by the logo and the name of the General Company for Maritime transport. " The Director General of the Ministry of transport, the company that" the Iraqi vessels of the company sail for years to various countries around the world, but they are ferrying containers to other companies with shipping lines such as (Maersk) and (Kolff Tinner) because our company does not have an effective line of sea to launch, "explaining that" activation of the Iraqi line is an achievement morally because it strengthens the position of Iraq in the field of maritime transport in the world, on the other hand, the line will achieve financial revenues. " for his part, the head of Basra Governorate Council morning Albzona during the conference that "the General Company for Maritime transport's decision is a step toward strengthening the state treasury revenues alleviate the financial crisis," adding that "the provincial council hopes other public-sector companies in the province to seek to maximize the financial and improve its services revenue, and companies that can not afford their administrations to make progress, it should step down and give way to new administrations. " in turn, MP from Basra Hassan Khalati said during the press conference that" activate the shipping line is a major achievement for Iraq because it supports the national economy, "adding that" the General Company for Maritime transport it is necessary to play a broad role in the field of maritime shipping, it is good to let the private sector to share in the work. " It is noteworthy that the General Company for Maritime transport was founded in 1961, and was then owns two ships are the (14 Ramadan) and (July 14), but managed after that of owning a fleet of 24 vessel did not stock and of which only one vessel called (Nasser), has been bought by Iraq in 1989, while joined late 2012 ship (Baghdad) purchased by Iraq from China to the fleet of the Iraqi shipping, which is equipped with engined German origin and has a maximum load capacity of 8,500 tons, and then contracted the Ministry of transport with the South Korean company to manufacture three ships to transport goods are (Basra, Muthanna, humpback), Iraq has received during the first half of last year, bringing the Iraqi fleet consists of five ships , most of them working in the field of maritime shipping between ports of countries within Asia and Africa. and works in the Ministry of transport company at least 2600 employees, most of them sailors, technicians and officers and marine engineers who graduated from the Gulf Arab Academy for Maritime Studies, which is based in the province of Basra, and the until the late eighties of the oldest and best marine academic institutions in the region.