Iraq to finish Faw-Umm Qasr freight road in 2025

Iraq will finish a 60-km road linking the ports of Faw and Umm Qasr in 2025, an official has said. Iraq launched the project in 2023 to include Umm Qasr in the £17-billion "Development Road" that will link Faw with Europe via Turkey and turn the Arab nation into a major transit route between the Middle East and the West. "The road linking Faw with Umm Qasr is progressing according to schedule...it will be completed a few days ahead of its time in 2025," said Farhan Al-Fatuous, Director of the General Company for Ports in Iraq.

South Korea's Daewoo E&C, which built Faw piers under a £2.6 billion contract, prepared the designs of this road so it will allow a large number of trucks to transport cargo to Faw from Umm Qasr port, he said. (Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon) ([email protected])

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