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Iraqi Ports: Plans to establish an industrial zone and large companies at the Grand Faw Port The Iraqi General Ports Company confirmed on Wednesday that it has reached advanced stages of contracting with an international company to manage and operate the Faw Port. It also indicated that a large package of projects will be announced at the Faw Port, similar to the refinery package. The Director of the Iraqi Ports Company, Farhan Al-Fartousi, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The fixed portion of the submerged tunnel will soon be 100% completed. It will consist of two outbound lanes and two return lanes connected externally to the highway and internally to the submerged tunnel." He explained that "the submerged portion consists of 10 concrete blocks, 11 meters high, 34 meters wide, and 126 meters long, weighing 45,000 tons. These blocks were entirely poured into a special basin called the Submerged Tunnel Basin." He added, "After the sections were constructed, they were inspected and prepared. Then, the flotation process began, i.e., lifting them with water and transporting them to the designated location. Then, the process of #submerging and connecting them to the fixed sections began." He explained that "our #staff and the #companies #working with us—the #Italian company #Technical, which #supervised the #project, the #Korean company #Daewoo, which #implemented the project, and the #Dutch company #specializing in such work #worldwide—were able to connect the first section and place it in place. They opened it to the #fixed section, and it became part of the tunnel. We toured and were present at this section, while at the same time, the staff began #floating the second section until it was fully #formed. After the ten sections are #connected, the #tunnel will be #complete and ready to #operate across both #banks, whether from Um Qasr to Al-Faw or vice versa." By Basra INA @ Iraqi News Agency - INA