Iraqi Ports Reveals The Completion Rates Of The Entrances To The Submerged Tunnel, One Of The Projects Of The Grand Faw Port, 21 AUGUST

 Local |  08/21/2024  Mawazine News - Baghdad   The Director General of the General Company for Iraqi Ports, Farhan Al-Fartousi, announced today, Wednesday, the achievement of advanced rates of completion in the entrances to the submerged tunnel, one of the projects of the Grand Faw Port, from both sides (Umm Qasr and Al-Faw).

The Director General of the company said in a statement received by / Mawazine News / that "the ongoing work at the entrances to the submerged tunnel project, one of the projects of the Grand Faw Port, has witnessed advanced achievements, whether in the entrances to the submerged tunnel or in furnishing the submerged parts under sea water."

He explained that "the submerged tunnel consists of two main entrances, one towards the city of Umm Qasr and the other towards the city of Al-Faw, and each of these two entrances consists of (28) pieces that form the approaches to the tunnel."

He continued, "The approaches towards the city of Umm Qasr witnessed the completion of the burial work of (9) pieces completely underground, while the completion rate in the (19) open pieces reached (85%)."

He added, "As for the entrance to the city of Faw, its approaches also consist of (28) pieces, of which (9) pieces are buried underground with a completion rate of (90%), and the (19) open pieces have exceeded (50%) completion."

He pointed out that "according to these figures, it can be said that the completion rate in the approaches to the entrance to the city of Umm Qasr has reached (90%), while the completion rate in the approaches to the entrance to the city of Faw has exceeded (60%)."

He pointed out that "the pieces submerged under sea water in the submerged tunnel project, amounting to (10) pieces, are currently undergoing coating work with insulating and seawater-resistant materials, in addition to implementing most of the finishing works in them." The

submerged tunnel project is one of the five major projects of the Faw Port, and it represents the main nerve linking the Grand Faw Port and the Iraqi Development Road. Due to its strategic importance, exceptional efforts are continuing to complete it to be the first project of its kind in the Middle East, and the second tunnel in the Asian continent after the (Busan) tunnel in South Korea. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=253682