French CMA to operate part of Umm Qasr Port

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The France-based firm CMA will operate part of the Umm Qasr Port in southern Iraq, Basra province, according to a contract with the Iraqi Transport Ministry. “CMA will invest $20 million within a period of three years,” the Ministry said in a release on Sunday received by IraqiNews.com news agency. It described this step as an important one in order to develop Iraqi ports. MH (P)/SR 3