VOL. XLVI

No 22

2-June-2003

IRAQ

USAID Transfers Umm Qasr Administration To SSA

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on 23 May announced the hand-over of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr to civilian administration under the contractor Stevedoring Services of America (SSA). SSA was awarded the $4.8mn contract to administer the port on 24 March (MEES, 31 March), and the hand-over marks the first reconstruction project to be passed from military to civilian administration, said USAID. SSA...