01 September, 2010Ports of Iraq is preparing to receive the electric barge coming from Turkey
Iraqi ports company to completing all preparations to receive the barge coming from electrical Turkey.
Where official media Ports Iraq Anmar net had been assigned to berths in the port of Khor Al-Zubair for the anchoring of the barge electricity coming from Turkey and the fact that the length of the barge of 242 m, which exceeds the length of the pavement one, "adding that" the piers are the pier No. 11 and berth number 12. "
He did not mention the net time of arrival of the barge, but he pointed out that "Iraq Ports Corporation has completed all preparations to receive the power barge."
The Ministry of Electricity signed a contract early in 2009 with one of Turkish companies for processing Bbarjtin to generate electricity and reached the first barge of Power to the port of Umm Qasr in Basra province (1/5/2010) According to the contract must have a production capacity barge the first 143 megawatt, but production Mika did not exceed 50 watts, due to problems in production, according to the Department of Electricity Distribution of the South.
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Iraqi Electricity Minister Hassan (2nd from right) tours the Sedef shipyard in Tuzla, İstanbul, where the world’s first powership is being built for Iraq, 2009 picture - April 04, 2010 link ~ First Energy Vessel Makes Journey to Iraq ... 