BIG WAVE
04-15-2006, 01:02 PM
The Transport Ministry has allocated $25 million for the purchase of two oil tankers, said an official at the Iraqi Oil Tanker Company.
The official, Hammed Khudayer, said the capacity of each tanker will be 10,000 tons of crude oil.
Iraq had its own tanker fleet but most of the ships were sunk during the country’s wars with Iran in the 1980s and the U.S. wars, one in 1991 and the other in 2003.
Nonetheless, Khudayer said the company still had a few ships with a total capacity of 60,000 tons.
Iraq had two super tankers, each with more than 1 million barrels capacity.
The country’s Mina al-Bakr terminal has the capacity to handle giant oil tankers with loadings beyond 1 million barrels.
Meantime, the commander of border police in the area of Basra said the provincial authorities would inaugurate al-Sheeb border crossing with Iran in a few days.
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The official, Hammed Khudayer, said the capacity of each tanker will be 10,000 tons of crude oil.
Iraq had its own tanker fleet but most of the ships were sunk during the country’s wars with Iran in the 1980s and the U.S. wars, one in 1991 and the other in 2003.
Nonetheless, Khudayer said the company still had a few ships with a total capacity of 60,000 tons.
Iraq had two super tankers, each with more than 1 million barrels capacity.
The country’s Mina al-Bakr terminal has the capacity to handle giant oil tankers with loadings beyond 1 million barrels.
Meantime, the commander of border police in the area of Basra said the provincial authorities would inaugurate al-Sheeb border crossing with Iran in a few days.
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2006-04-15\152.htm