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First Basra call for India-Iraq service

[ December 4, 2024   //   ]

The multi-purpose Basra Gateway Terminal has received the inaugural call of the RCL West India-Gulf (RWG) service. Operated jointly by Regional Container Line  and Bengal Tiger Line, the RWG service  calls at Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Jebel Ali, and Umm Qasr. A total of three vessels with capacities ranging from 2,500 to 2,700 TEU will be deployed.

Basra Gateway Terminal is a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) headquartered in the Philippines. In 2014, ICTSI signed a contract with the General Company for Ports in Iraq to manage, operate and rehabilitate terminal facilities in North Port Umm Qasr, Iraq and to develop and expand container handling capacity.

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