The Departure Of The First Iraqi Oil Tanker To The United States Of America Bearing The Name "Baghdad"

The first shipment of crude oil left Saturday aboard an Iraqi oil tanker bound for the United States with a capacity of 2 million barrels.

"The southern ports of the country have seen the departure of the first tanker carrying the name of Baghdad heading to the United States of America, while al-Allaibi stressed the keenness of his ministry to promote the Iraqi carriers company and re-activity The national carrier of crude oil all over the world. "

Noting that "the ministry plans to build a national fleet to transport oil and its derivatives for the benefit of companies contracting with the Iraqi oil marketing company" Sumo ", adding that" his ministry has made important steps in transforming this company to a winner after the decline and stop its maritime activity in the past decades because of the circumstances and wars, Khatma said, "We seek to provide more support and attribution to contribute to the restoration of the glories of the company and raise them to the ranks of international companies.

For his part, Director General of the Iraqi Tankers Company of the Ministry of Oil Hussein Allawi said that "the company will load the tanker named" Basra "after the departure of the tanker" Baghdad ", which carries two million barrels of crude oil, adding that the company has entered into a number of cooperation agreements with the company Arab Maritime Transport in a step to build the progress of this sector, which ceased its activity since 1991 and include transport and joint cooperation.

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