Transport announces the arrival of an Iraqi steamer to a European port for the first time in 30 years
21/01/2019
Direction / Baghdad
Transport Minister Abdullah Laibi said on Monday that an Iraqi ship had arrived at a European port for the first time in 30 years, stressing that the Iraqi ships were ready to reach all ports of the world.
"The ship arrived at the port of Antwerp, carrying 15765 tons of different cargoesfrom the port of Umm Qasr," he said in a statement. "The arrival of the humpback ship to the European ports came after the Ministry of Transport And the General Company for Maritime Transport and by belonging to the French Classification Authority to obtain all certificates of international maritime safety procedures.
"The ships of Iraq are now ready to reach all ports of the world after being banned for thirty years ago because of international sanctions and non-compliance by Iraqi ships to the international safety measures of the requirements of the European Union and international maritime organizations."
For his part, Director-General of Maritime Transport Abdulkarim Kanhal al-Jabri said that "the Iraqi ships are ready to sail in all international maritime shipping lines according to the Paris memorandum issued recently," adding that "the facilities provided by the Ministry of Transport was the main reason for the company General Maritime Transport to all international maritime permits and access to all the world's supplies. "
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi maritime transport was affected significantly and over thirty years the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq in the nineties of the last century against the backdrop of the attribution of Kuwait, and the subsequent events shook Iraq's international reputation, and after 2003 worked the Ministry of Transport to restore life for maritime transport.
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