The port is 151 nautical miles from Shuweih Port, 293 nautical miles to Dammam Port, 487 nautical miles to Lasde Port (Dubai), 733 nautical miles to Qaboos Port, and 2315 nautical miles to Colombo Port. The Zubair Industrial Port in the north has 8 berths in operation. The port capacity can reach 8 million tons, making it the largest commercial port in Iraq. The construction of the port also includes the improvement of the access channel and the addition of terminal facilities. As of June 1989, 10 berths had been in operation, including 2 container berths another 13 berths were under construction. ![]() dollars for a large-scale expansion, and the project was undertaken by a South Korean company. ![]() In January 1988, the Iraqi government invested 2.2 billion U.S. In the 1980s, due to the Iran-Iraq War, the largest commercial port bus with 20 deep-water berths slumped into the port’s channel, and instead focused on the use and construction of the port. Since the late 1970s, Iraq has established oil refineries, steel plants, and fertilizer plants on the northern coast of the Gulf, and ports have also developed. It is 30 kilometers deep from north to south, with a narrow mouth and wide inside, and good concealment conditions. Zubair Bay is a small bay in the Persian Gulf that stretches into the inland of Iraq. Ships enter the port from east to west on Bubiyan Island in northern Kuwait, and there is a railway passing through Zubair to here. ![]() It is located on the west bank of Zubair Bay, about 50 kilometers south of Basra, the country’s second largest city. Umm Qasr Port, Latitude and Longitude: 30 ° 4'0"N, 47 ° 57'0"E Time difference: +3:00, berth draft: 10 sea Drawing No.: 1235 Port Type: Seaport Port Size: Medium SEE BASRAH Iraqi deep-water commercial port.
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