On Wednesday, Farhan Al-Fartousi, Director General of the General Company for Iraqi Ports, announced on that the underwater tunnel entrances from the shores of Umm Qasr and Faw had advanced completion rates.
“Whether in the entrances to the submerged tunnel or in furnishing the submerged parts under sea water, the continuous work at the entrances to the submerged tunnel project, one of the projects of the Grand Faw Port, has witnessed advanced achievements,” Al-Fartousi said in a statement.
“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 tunnel approaches,” he said. “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 continued: “The approaches to Al-Faw’s entrance also consist of 28 pieces, of which nine are buried underground with a completion rate of ninety percent and the remaining nineteen open pieces have exceeded a completion rate of fifty percent.”
“According to these figures, it can be said that the completion rate in the approaches to the entrance to the city of Umm Qasr reached (90%), while the completion rate in the approaches to the entrance to the city of Al-Faw exceeded (60%),,” he observed. Furthermore said by him were “the pieces submerged under sea water in the submerged tunnel project, amounting to (10) pieces, are currently witnessing work.” painting with seawater-resistant and insulating materials in addition to using
“The immersed tunnel project is one of Faw Port’s five main projects; it represents the main nerve linking Grand Faw Port and the Iraqi development road,” he underlined. Because of its strategic relevance, special efforts are being made to complete it; it is the first of its type in the Middle East and the second tunnel in Asia following the Busan tunnel in South Korea.
