Basra.. The first pieces of the “submerged tunnel” are lowered into Khor Al-Zubair
Basra.. The first pieces of the “submerged tunnel” are lowered into Khor Al-Zubair
2025-03-05 05:28
Shafaq News/ A source in the Iraqi ports confirmed, on Wednesday, that the Dutch company succeeded in lowering the first pieces of the submerged tunnel into the Khor Al-Zubair navigational channel, without any notable observations.
The source told Shafak News Agency, “The unloading process took place smoothly and as planned, as the implementing company succeeded in unloading the entire piece into the sea water, without recording any observations.”
He added, “The piece that was lowered into the sea represents the most important stage of the immersed tunnel, as it connects it to the land route, and from there the rest of the tunnel parts are completed.”
Earlier, the General Company for Iraqi Ports announced that the company implementing the submerged tunnel project had begun installing flotation buoys and survey towers, in addition to GPS devices, on the first part of it, in preparation for lowering it into the tunnel path in the Khor Al-Zubair navigational channel.
The company’s general manager, Farhan Al-Fartousi, told Shafak News Agency earlier that “the installation of buoys, surveying devices and GPS comes to document and accurately determine the path, and is part of the necessary preparations to ensure the success of the implementation of the submerged tunnel, which will contribute to increasing the capacity to receive goods passing through it under the Khor Al-Zubair Canal.”
It is noteworthy that Al-Fartousi confirmed in a previous press conference that work on the submerged tunnel will be completed by the end of this year.
The “submerged tunnel” is one of the vital projects in the Grand Faw Port, which is located in the south of Basra Governorate, and connects Faw and the Umm Qasr area in southern Iraq also by sea.
Earlier today, the General Company for Iraqi Ports announced that the completion rate of the road linking the Grand Faw Port and the Umm Qasr Port had reached 97%, indicating that it would improve transportation between the two sites.
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