Iraq buys two from Japan to support maritime transport sector

The shipping company of the Ministry of Transport in Basra announced on Sunday its intention to buy two large companies from Japan capacity of more than 30 thousand tons.
The director of the company, Abdul Karim Kanhal, said in a press statement on Sunday that the company intends to activate the Iraqi navy and increase the number of maritime transport vessels transporting food from East Asian countries.
He added that the Economic Committee in the Council of Ministers contributed to the introduction of the company’s file in the next cabinet meetings in order to accelerate the process of buying and exceeding routine.
According to Kanhal, the company agreed with the Ministry of Commerce to transfer grain and rice from the countries of China and Vietnam, and to operate two of the two companies and the two new ones. He stressed that the shipping company must be activated to contribute to support the state treasury, as 45% .
It is noteworthy that earlier, arrived rotten cargo of rice to Iraq due to poor ships and introduced, in addition to the operation of the long corner in the ports of Basra.

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