Umm Qasr Port

Umm Qasr Port
Cranes at Umm Qasr await cargo
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Location
Country	Iraq
Location	Umm Qasr, Basra, Iraq
Coordinates	30°03′12″N 47°56′15″E / 30.05335°N 47.93756°E / 30.05335; 47.93756
UN/LOCODE	IQUQR[1]
Details
Opened	1967 [2]
Owned by	Iraqi Government

Umm Qasr Port is Iraq's only deep water port, part of the city of Umm Qasr.

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]