Iraq carries out the first historic international land transport operation
Iraq carries out the first historic international land transport operation
2025-03-02 02:38
Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Ministry of Transport announced, on Sunday, that Iraq received the first experimental flight in coordination with the International Road Transport Union (IRU) via the (TIR) system.
The Ministry’s media office quoted the Director General of the General Company for Land Transport, Murtada Karim Al-Shahmani, in a statement today, as saying, “Today, Sunday, we received the first experimental trip via the (TIR) system, which departed from the Turkish port of Mersin via Iraqi territory, where its entry procedures were received at the Ibrahim Al-Khalil port and it departed towards the Umm Qasr port, and its final destination will be Khalifa Port in (Abu Dhabi).
The ministry stressed that “Iraq is close to achieving a historic achievement in cross-border trade, noting that transport operations are expected to continue under the umbrella of the international land transport system soon, as this event represents a turning point for the country and a major step towards full integration into the internationally recognized system for customs transit.”
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) announced early last February that Iraq was ready to implement the first historic transport operation via the TIR system, in a historic step towards enhancing cross-border trade.
The union says its system involves shipping goods from the country of origin to the country of destination in sealed cargo compartments under customs control via a multilateral and mutually recognised system.
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