Port of Basra

The Port of Basra, also called Al Maqal Port, is an Iraqi port in Basra, situated on the Persian Gulf. The Port of Basra is a port located in downtown Basra City, Iraq, at the banks of the Shatt Al Arab River, 135 kilometers upstream from the mouth of the river, near many of Iraq's large oil and gasoline fields. The Port of Basra began operations in 1919, having been constructed under the aegis of the British Army, who occupied Mesopotamia during the First World War. Iraq's first contemporary port, it became supposed with the aid of the British to serve as a chief business and mercantile hub, servicing Basra itself but also acting as a valuable monetary bridge between Europe and Asia.

The Port of Basra ceased to be fully operational in 1980 because of the Iran–Iraq War. The majority of the combat in the course of that eight-yr warfare came about in southern Iraq alongside the Iranian border, in which the port sustained harm from Iranian missile and artillery attacks. The port skilled a regular decline in operations within the making sure years, in the end ultimate in 2003. The Port of Basra has lately reopened and currently gets widespread, challenge and containerized shipment.