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Preface about the port ......

 

 

Text Box:    khor al-zubair port lies 60km to the south of basrah city center and 105km from the north end of arabian gulf.in 1970 the instruction of nucleus of the port was started which was completed in 1989 its operation in khor al-zubair a marine channel(interior channel)  of 24km was dredged. it was intended to connect khor al-zubair channel to khor abdullah channel,which leads to the gulf.

Text Box:    There are also five specialized wharves each of 250m length with specially equipped sheds to store urea and phosphate with the required conveyor belts and stacker reclainner to discharge urea and phosphate. finally there are three steel jettes for general cargo of 180m length with 12 electrical cranes and pared yards for storage   with road ways for vehicles and rail waya.
Text Box:    The port contain two specialized concrete wharves and iron tubular piles degignated tothe steel plant two adjacent similarly built wharves equipped with two cranes 15 ton capacity intended to be used for importing iron ore pillet and for exporting sponge iron.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Comparison of imported and exported cargo at khore.al-zubeer ports for the year's zoo 2005-2006 by months

 

 

 

month

2005

2006

No of vessels

Tone

No of vessels

tone

January

79

85    093

101

284884

February

95  

100 540

120

237977

March

92 

104645

177

315905

April

119  

112  135

132

404267

May

112

167743

113

454095

June

109

143  705

107

378023

July

111

83965

104

374918

August

101

67569

87

362159

September

122

103008

96

402604

October

100

69904

147

386270

November

104

701191

111

382952

December

118

91945

94

211668

Total

1262

1200443

1329

4195722

 

 

 

 

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