A US company has won a $4.8m (£3m) contract to manage Umm Qasr port in southern Iraq.
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The contract is the second awarded under US Government plans for reconstruction in Iraq. Stevedoring Services of America will be responsible for operating Iraq's only deep-water port, with the aim of allowing food and other humanitarian and reconstruction materials and supplies to be delivered efficiently. The company "will provide an initial port assessment, develop improvement plans... and supply technical expertise to ensure an adequate flow of through shipment", said the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the client for the project. "The company will be responsible for the port pilots who will guide ships up the channel, and will manage the access of trucking companies to the port and establish a system of controls to avoid theft and corruption." |