VOL. XXXIII

NO. 2

16-OCTOBER-1989

Iraq

Local Firm Wins Umm Qasr Port Expansion Contract

The state-owned al-Mansour Contracting Company was awarded last week anID174mn ($550mn) contract for the expansion of the southern port of Umm Qasr.The project, to be completed by 1994, involves the construction of 13 newberths, each handling 250,000 tons/year of general cargo, including one berthfor Roll-On Roll-Off facilities, the first of its type in Iraq. Total capacityof the new project is 3.25mn...