Press Release
Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) was among the participants in the Iraq Britain Business Council’s (IBBC) 5th Annual Iraq Conference held in Dubai last November.
Representing the largest and most advanced port terminal in Iraq, Phillip Marsham, BGT Chief Executive Officer, was a panelist in the forum…
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Dear Valued Customer
We are pleased to announce that after months of dredging in coordination with GCPI, Berth 25 and 26 have now officially reached a depth of 11 meters at low water as confirmed by the attached official letter from Iraq Port Authority (IPA). This is a part of BGT’s on-going dr…
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Dear Valued Customer
Reference our announcement dated 22nd May, we are still awaiting an official letter from Customs on implementation of this order and working closely with them for any update. As soon as we have more details we will advise you accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
Basra Gateway…
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As you are aware that during the week-long Eid period that has just finished, port delivery operations were greatly reduced with very few clients picking up their cargo. Also in this period, BGT worked normally apart from a short period to allow our staff to celebrate the g…
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Dear Valued Customer
With reference to our advisory dated 16/06/2019, please be advised the backlog from Eid week has cleared and the deliveries have returned to normal. Presently there is no congestion on berths 19, 20, 21 or 27 and as such BGT is operating completely normally.
Yours si…
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Dear Valued Customer
Please be guided we have been advised verbally by Customs that a ban on import of fizzy drinks, juices, and beverages as well as all types of ice-cream will be effective from 1st June 2019, in order to support Iraqi local producers. We are awaiting official circular from Cus…
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Basra Gateway Terminal wishes you Ramadan Kareem.
May this Ramadan bring you and your loved ones the utmost in peace and prosperity. We wish you a Happy Ramadan!
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Please be guided we have been advised that certain charges of the IPA tariff will be increased by 6% shortly to cover an electronic data fee that IPA is implementing. This is obviously a charge outside our control and when implemented we will have to pass on this charge dire…
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Dear Valued Customer
Based on feedback from various Iraq Authorities, we expect the start-up challenges of the new system to be resolved over the next few days and as such we would hope deliveries to return to normal by the end of the week. We will advise all parties if this doesn’t go accordin…
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Dear Valued Customer,
As advised, we have started to see deliveries commencing from both Berth 20 and 27 at BGT.
Yesterday (Friday) 1,027 TEUs were delivered from our terminals.
AS such the start-up challenges of the new system appears to be resolved for the majority of importers as they regis…
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