Minister of transport, Razzaq Muhaibis Al-Saadawi, denied any postponement of the hole of the Grand Faw Port in its first section, pronouncing that subsequent year (2025) will witness its legitimate inauguration.
regarding the percentages final touch achieved inside the task, Al-Saadawi stated, “the chances are dispensed as follows: quay systems for the box terminal (a hundred) percentage, the street linking the ports of Faw and Umm Qasr (92.forty three) percentage, at the same time as the submerged tunnel crossing Khor Abdullah is (58.47) percentage, and the ten portions had been submerged in water to be transported in the Khor Al-Zubair Canal, the first segment of marine excavation and backfilling works (seventy nine.33) percentage, development within the navigation channel of the Grand Faw Port is (seventy seven.41) percent, the percentage of completion inside the components of the port is (eighty one) percentage, the proportion of entirety in the 5 quays is (one hundred) percentage, the percentage of completion within the box yard is (88) percentage, the share crowning glory within the breakwater is (a hundred) percent,” stressing that “the yr (2025) will witness the opening of the first segment of the Grand Faw Port.”
concerning the strategic (improvement street) undertaking and the extents it has reached in terms of making plans and implementation, the Minister of shipping said: “The Ministry has finished the initial design phase of the task with its two tracks, land and rail, by means of (a hundred) percentage, in addition to the topographic surveys and soil investigations, in complete, and we’ve got now all started the very last layout section, which differs from its predecessor in phrases of determinants; that is, it objectives the prevailing systems in addition to some factors unique to the project which includes bridges, homes, stations, and others.”
He mentioned that “the 12 months (2025) will witness the of completion of the certain design segment, then the transition to providing the venture to primary global corporations, to compete for promising funding opportunities in this assignment, in a way that serves the interests of Iraq, and is regular with the government’s imaginative and prescient.”
