dontlop Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 This woukd be a good investment 2.54 AM Saturday, 14 February 2015 RSS Feeds Iraq may award Grand Faw port project to investors Transport minister says contract may be offered on investment basis due to lack of funds By Staff Published Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Italian firm had prepared the designs for the port, which will have an annual handling capacity of 99 million tonnes per year. (File picture for illustrative purpose only) Iraq is considering seeking foreign investors for a multi-billion-dollar Grand Faw project to construct one of the world’s largest ports in the conflict-battered Arab country, Iraq’s transport minister has said. “The transport ministry is unable to execute the Grand Faw port project, which will have a total cost of nearly six billion dollars. We cannot secure these funds so the ministry is studying awarding the project on an investment basis for execution,” Baqr Jabr Al-Zubeidi told Iraq’s ‘Awan’ news network. He said some foreign companies have already expressed interest in investing in this project, but did not name them. The minister also said only part of a breakwater for the project has been completed, adding that there is “a big delay in the execution of that phase of the project.” Iraqi officials said last year an Italian firm had prepared the designs for the port, which will have an annual handling capacity of 99 million tonnes per year. The port will have a 39-km container quay and another 2-km berth, besides a container warehouse with an area of more than one million square metres. Iraq, a key OPEC oil producer, laid the foundation stone for the Faw Port project in the southern port of Basra in April 2012 as it pushed ahead with a drive to rebuild its war-battered infrastructure. http://www.emirates247.com/business/corporate/iraq-may-award-grand-faw-port-project-to-investors-2015-01-28-1.578397 Utube of port to be built https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DJ8nJ_HLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontlop Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 How can they move to a market economy without it ? It was supposed to be done by now Italy designed it and that utube video is really inspiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontlop Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 The best one to watch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_gbtlpHuZWM Watch that utube if you ever wanted to know the future of iraq It's the best outlook iraq can have presented on a 7 minute video 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontlop Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 In order for this to work iraq " must" build and maintain good relations with "Iran" and kuwait If iran got teed off they could destroy it easily from within their own border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontlop Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 So will a strong dinar be a good thing for importing everything they will be needing to rebuild or build their future? Or should they wait and and lose using a week dinar Maybe they are waiting for a strong dinar to start the process Who knows ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Machine Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 well if they'd just revalue their currency I'd be happy to invest in their port project 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandfly Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontlop Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Did you read it sandfly ? Or just say thanks ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontlop Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Iraq relies on ports in neighbouring Kuwait for much of its non-oil trade. The mega port project is also part of a long-term plan to transform Iraq in to a logistics corridor between the Middle East and Europe. There are plans to reconstruct the colonial era railway linking the Gulf to Turkey. 'If Grand Faw port is completed it would be a major event for world transportation. We will shorten the time to reach Europe from 20 days to three or four,' Thani said 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontlop Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 It's years away from completion Then they will get the support to increase their market economy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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