Posted 07/07/2012 08:38 AM
Babinaoz (Reuters) – The Minister of Public Works and Minister of Planning and Development Minister Kuwaiti Fadhel Safar dispense with the fourth phase of the port of Mubarak the Great, which was expected to reach the number of berths to 60 Marina, and only only three phases the first to reach the number of berths to 24 berth only, pursuant to the agreement that has been recently between the Kuwaiti and Iraqi governments.
The zero during the seminar organized by the Unity bloc constitutional “code” on the most important development projects implemented by the Ministry of Public Works, said that the fourth phase also includes the artificial island would cause turned out to be the closure of the navigation channel of the Iraqi ports, according to the “home” of Kuwait.
The zero to three phases of the port of Mubarak Al-Kabeer provide 24 berths for large vessels, although Kuwait, according to a feasibility study of specialized port confirmed that we do not need more than half the number found in the three stages, ie 12 berths for the current period and future period to achieve the economic returns of the port.
