Ministry of Transport: Increase the country’s maritime fleet to 6 giant barges

It is hoped that the number of vessels of the shipping fleet to six giant type, after the purchase of two blocks of Japanese origin, at a price ranging from (48 – 55) million dollars, in its plan to be adopted as a national carrier. The Director General of the General Company for Maritime Transport of the Ministry of Transport, Karim Kanhal al-Jabri said in a statement that his company decided to buy two pieces of Japanese origin tonnage (30 – 35) thousand tons to refuel the fleet, which raises the number of vessels, giant and modern fleet in the sea to six, Plans prepared to be a national carrier. He pointed out that the payment of the prices of these vessels (48 – 55) million dollars, will be in the form of payments and therefore does not cost the state treasury any money that the money will be paid by the two batches of financial profits, especially after the agreement with the General Grain Trade Company of Iraq To move their vocabulary, revealing the same thing about the existence of attempts to conclude a contract to be officially a carrier of their goods, especially after the possession of ships with large loads. Jabri pointed to the importance of what this will be of great economic returns for the company in particular and the state in general, especially as the law provides for the calculation of 45 percent Of the profits of the state, and thus Lee, the company is keen to be adopted by all state institutions to transfer their goods, indicating that the national shipping has many advantages, including the provision of full security protection of goods, in addition to the money that will be spent in the transfer process will go to a government institution. He added that his company is considering transferring the maintenance and rehabilitation of its vessels in the vessels of the Kuwaiti side, as a delegation from the company briefed him on his position in the field on the reality of the work, which will provide large funds to the company, because the rehabilitation operations were taking place in the ports of the UAE, noting that the process of profiling needs deep depths up to 20 meters long and the country’s rivers lack this level of depth.


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