Grand faw port

The Grand al-faw port (Arabic: ميناء الفاو الكبير) (Romanized: mina' alfaw alkabir) is a port under construction on the coast of Iraq on the northern tip of the Persian gulf (Arabian gulf). It will become the middle east's largest port by completion.

Grand Faw port
Eastern breakwater of al-Faw grand port
Location
Country Iraq
LocationAl-Faw, Basra, Iraq
Coordinates29.922°N 48.503°E / 29.922; 48.503
Details
Owned byIraqi Government
Size54 km2
Available berths67

Overview

The project was first proposed and announced in 2010.[1], however countless delays due to the Iraq war, and later the Iraqi civil war caused the project to be halted. However finally, in 2020 the Prime minster of Iraq Mustafa al-Kadhimi launched the second phase of the port,[2] with South Korean company Daewoo Engineering winning the $2.7billion contracts for the port in december. Several other companies fought for the contracts including Chinese, Emirati and Iranian companies.

Iraq hopes will create a shorter transportation corridor between the Middle East and Europe, bypassing the Suez Canal, through the eventual expansion of a national rail network.[2]

Iraq is hoping that the project will provide a foundation for the growth in the rest of the country’s economy. Khaled Battal Al-Najm, the minister of planning, told the Iraqi News Agency in July that Grand Faw represented “a real start for Iraq’s economic renaissance” and would open “broad trade horizons, between Iraq and the world”. He added that it was at the top of his ministry’s development priorities.[1]

Construction

The breakwaters of the port have already been completed costing over 1 billion dollars, they became the world's longest at 14.523 km. The breakwaters were constructed by Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd (South Korea), GCPI (Iraq) and TECHNITAL (Italy) in Basra, Iraq on 2 April 2020 as recognized by Guinness world record.[3]

Construction on the first sections of the main berth has began, as well as roads, and a tunnel to connect it to Um-Qasr port across the Khor-Al-Zubair waterway.

Although Al Faw’s capacity will be modest in comparison with Asian megaports in Shanghai and Singapore, it will be greater than Dubai’s Jebel Ali, presently the largest in the Middle East, with 67 berths. By 2028, it will be able to move about 36 million tonnes of containerised freight – around 4 million 20ft-equivalent containers – and about 22 million tonnes of dry bulk. By 2038, this will reach 7.5 million containers and 33 million tonnes of dry bulk. These later phases are expected to cost an additional $4.3bn. The quays will be around 7km long, and the harbour will be 18m deep, which will allow the port to accommodate any container ship now operating. There will also be a dredged channel 400m wide and 24km long, protected by rubble breakwaters approximately 15km long.[1]

General design of the port
Construction on the port's first birth

References
  1. "Iraq's Al Faw port to become largest in Middle East". Global Construction Review. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. "Iraq lays cornerstone for next phase of Grand Port of Al Faw project in Basra | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide". www.hellenicshippingnews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  3. "Longest breakwater". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  1. https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/iraqs-al-faw-port-to-become-largest-in-middle-east/
  2. https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iraq-lays-cornerstone-for-next-phase-of-grand-port-of-al-faw-project-in-basra-2/
  3. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/76023-largest-breakwaters
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