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Iraq seeks bidders to start work on Faw port

Iraq has issued a tender for the building of a breakwater in the Gulf, the country's state port company said on Saturday, the first stage of construction in a giant $6 billion port scheme shelved under former dictator Saddam Hussein. "The closing date for the tender is July 15, and offers will be opened on […]

Aref Mohammed reports for Reuters:

Iraq has issued a tender for the building of a breakwater in the Gulf, the country's state port company said on Saturday, the first stage of construction in a giant $6 billion port scheme shelved under former dictator Saddam Hussein.

"The closing date for the tender is July 15, and offers will be opened on July 16," Anmar al-Safi, a spokesman at the General Company for Ports of Iraq, told Reuters.