SAME AS AL BASRAH Iraqi commercial port. Located in the southeast of the country on the southwest bank of the Shatt al-Arab, northwest of the port city. Southeast of the sea from Huning Shahr 18 nautical miles to the port of Abadan 29 nautical miles to the port of Faw 78 nautical miles from the port of Suleiman 338 nautical miles to the port of Bandar Abbas 518 nautical miles to the port of Colombo 2,347 nautical miles. There are the Northwest Railway, highway to the capital city of Baghdad, highway east to Fao, north-south oil and gas pipelines to Fao, near the airport. Port area east of the city along the south bank of the river to the northwest, from downstream to the upper reaches of the following major wharves:
1, oil terminal, in the SULIYAH estuary north of the wood and cement structure, can be berthed 175-meter-long oil tanker, the back of the refinery and oil depot.
2, grain wharf, inverted "L" shape, the pier length of 213 meters, can berth 183 meters long, draught 8.84 meters bulk grain ship, 65,000 tons of grain storage on the pier, loading and unloading machine efficiency of 1,050 tons per hour.
3, ABU FLUS wharf, steel protruding embankment, with 4 berths, can berth maximum length of 171-182 meters, draft 8.84 meters ship.
4, Shipyard and Navy Pier.
5, Makil Bulk Dock, *** 14 berths along the shore, the total length of the quay line 2000 meters, along the edge of the water depth of 9.15 meters. The port was severely damaged after the Iran-Iraq war and the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, especially the silting of the river, which has yet to be repaired. It now mainly uses the port of Umm Qasr to its south. It mainly exports petrochemicals, dates, wool and cotton, and imports textiles, grain, sugar, tea, electromechanical equipment, automobiles and consumer goods.
Two, Faw port
Iraq's crude oil output port. Located in the northwestern tip of the Persian Gulf, Faw Peninsula, southeast of the south bank of the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab; Shatt al-Arab outside the mouth of the outer harbor Howl Amaya [KHOR AL-AMAYA], and Albakr [ALBAKAR]. The Faw near-shore oil terminal has four oil loading berths, each 206 meters long, with a depth of 10.75 meters, and a maximum capacity of 210 meters in length and a draft of 10.65 meters for oil tankers, which are connected at the rear to an oil storage area with 23 storage tanks. The Hauer Amaia oil terminal is located 22 nautical miles from Fao and is connected to 2 oil storage areas. Haor Amaya Oil Terminal is 22 nautical miles from Fao and has 2 oil loading berths with a water depth of 22 meters and a maximum capacity of 330,000 tons tankers. Albacore oil terminal in Fao 28 nautical miles southeast, there are 2 piers *** 4 berths, water depth of 29.30 meters, able to dock 350,000 tons of oil tankers. The port's annual oil transfer capacity of more than 100 million tons. But in the Iran-Iraq war, the port was damaged, since August 1990 and because of the invasion of Kuwait by the United Nations sanctions, the interruption of crude oil exports. Iraq is rich in oil resources, with 13.6 billion tons of proven oil reserves at the end of 1989, second only to Saudi Arabia, and more than two-thirds of which are located in the Rumaila and Majnoon oil fields in the south. In 1989, after the war, crude oil production had grown to 175 million tons. Most of it is for export. There are pipelines behind the port to the oil fields. There is a road connection between Faw-Basra; Faw-Strait of Hormuz is only 07 nautical miles to the port of Colombo 2290 nautical miles.
Three, Amaya Gulf port
Iraq Persian Gulf oil port. The water has a density of 1025 dwt. The tidal range is 0.9 meters. Southwest and northeast winds prevail. Pilotage is compulsory for tankers with a draught of more than 15.58 meters. See Fao for communication links. No holidays, 24 hours a day. Port services are: dinghy, medical, towing, fresh water supply, no ship repair, bunkering, dry docking, provisioning, repatriation or sewage facilities. The nearest airport is at Basra. The depth of water in the harbor is 22.25 to 17.05 meters. It consists of 12 linked rigs, 951.58 meters long and 73.15 meters wide, and can accommodate tankers of 120,000 and 330,000 tons.
Four, Bakr Port
SEE ALBAKIR TERMINAL An off-river oil port on the Iraqi Shatt al-Arab River. The water has a density of 1025 dwt. The tidal range is 0.9 meters. Northeast and southwest winds prevail. Pilotage is compulsory for tankers with draught over 15.58 meters. See Fao for communication links. No holidays, 24 hours a day. Port services are: dinghy, medical, towing, no ship repair, bunkering, dry docking, fresh water supply, provisioning, repatriation or sewage facilities. The nearest airport is at Basra. The port can accommodate ships up to 350,000 tons. The offshore platform berths are 975.4 meters long and 106.7 meters wide, with a water depth of 29 to 30 meters, and can accommodate four 350,000-ton tankers. The tanker terminal has 4 berths, each 487 meters long, with a maximum draft of 21 meters.