Director General of Ports announces completion of all sections of the five Berths project within the Grand Faw Port

The Director General of the General Company for Iraqi Ports, Farhan Al-Fartousi, announced today, Monday, the completion of all sections of the project to build five berths within the project to establish a container terminal for the Grand Faw Port. Al-Fartousi said: 'The company implementing the Grand Faw Port project has completed all sections of the project to build five berths within the project to establish a container terminal in the port.' He explained that "the area of ??the Berths project is (167,000) m2, where the depth excavation of the Berths facade was completed and reached a depth of (22.6) m, and it was also fully furnished." He added that "the amount of excavation in the berths facade amounted to (2,600,000) m3, where it was also fully furnished," indicating that "the number of pillars that were fully completed amounted to (1736) tubular pillars, while the weight of The rocks of different sizes used was (1,500,000) tons.' Al-Fartousi continued: "The number of connecting bridges reached (88 0) bridges, and the number of fully completed fenders reached (117) fenders, while the number of fully completed ship berths was (144) berths," noting that the yard was Also completed to connect to the five docks. It is noteworthy that the project to establish the container terminal for the Grand Faw Port, which is one of the five projects of the project, includes the construction of five giant docks to unload ships with a length of (1750) meters, and the construction of a container yard with a length of (1750) meters. Source: National Iraqi News Agency