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Umm Qasr Port
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Umm Qasr Port is Iraq's only deep water port, part of the city of Umm Qasr.
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Country | Iraq |
Location | Umm Qasr, Basra, Iraq |
Coordinates | 30.05335°N 47.93756°E / 30.05335; 47.93756 |
UN/LOCODE | IQUQR[1] |
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Opened | 1967 [2] |
Owned by | Iraqi Government |
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Iraq's second biggest port in scale of size and goods shipped, ranking behind the port of Basra, it is strategically important, located on the western edge of the al-Faw peninsula, where the mouth of the Shatt al Arab waterway enters the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet. Prior to the Persian Gulf War, traffic between Kuwait and Iraq flowed over a bridge. The port is part of the Maritime Silk Road.[3][4]