THE Aqaba
Container Terminal (ACT) in
Iraq achieved 3.4
per cent growth between August and
December last year, boosted by the strategy to promote the port as a gateway to
the Middle East nation and the wider Levant.
Containers destined for Iraq
jumped by 367 per cent compared to the previous year, while the terminal has
seen a growth in import container volumes of 13 per cent and in export
container volumes of six per cent in the first two months of 2020, reports London's Container Management.
Said ACT
chief executive Steven Yoogalingam:
"2019 was a year with many challenges. 2020 had a strong start but the
year will not be free of challenges. The coronavirus outbreak has prolonged the
period of low trading activity well beyond Chinese New Year so we naturally
expect lower volumes in March."
ICRC, the global humanitarian agency
for the protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict providing
support and emergency relief to Syrian refugees, and Nile Forwarding, the
project cargo expert which ships several hundreds of containers into Iraq, have
both made Aqaba their preferred gateway.
Nile
Forwarding CEO Nasri Aqrabawi
said that ACT had gone "the extra mile to ensure that the processes and
costs of all the different parties involved were all clear and without
surprises".
Said ICRC local logistics chief
Jean-Marie Falzone: "We consider Jordan to be a safe haven for our cargoes
and we enjoy the full welcome and support of the authorities of this country in
order to accomplish our mission.
Source : HKSG.
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