The ability of the Port of Umm Qasr in Iraq to receive direct calls from larger container vessels is being progressively boosted by the new terminal development program at Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BASRA, Iraq, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters were blocking all roads leading to Iraq's main Gulf port Umm Qasr on ...

BASRA, Iraq, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Operations were at a complete standstill at Iraq's Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra on Wednesday after protesters blocked its entrance in the previous day, port ...

17 September 2009 BAGHDAD - Basra's port of Umm Qasr has received 51.639 tons of Canadian wheat to cover the needs of ration card items, the Iraqi Ministry of Trade said on Thursday.

15 October 2008 BASRA: Engineering teams from the State Company for Iraqi Ports on Wednesday completed all studies concerning the construction of a new port in Basra's Umm Qasr, a spokesperson for the ...

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's main seaport Umm Qasr reopened on Saturday at 3 a.m. (0000 GMT) and all operations have resumed after protesters left the port's entrance, port employees and government ...

Iraq's future hinges on a silted-up seaport plagued by electrical problems and haunted by mines. Looters ransacked the port of Umm Qasr last month, carting off desks, batteries, electrical gear and a ...

BAGHDAD - The commanding general of Joint Contracting Command, United States Forces - Iraq, visited with the combined forces of the Coalition Naval and Advisory Training Team at Umm Qasr Sept. 7 to ...

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Road access to Iraq's southern Umm Qasr commodities port was restored on Sunday following a two-day closure by protesters after the authorities promised to create new jobs, a ...

Jordan's only container port on the Red Sea has been capturing traffic to Syria, Israel and the West Bank as higher ocean freight costs give it an edge over closer but heavily congested Mediterranean ...