Life in the port city of Umm Qasr, Iraq's maritime gateway - in pictures

The port near Basra provides thousands of jobs and is part of a modern maritime Silk Road under China's flagship Belt And Road Initiative

The government-owned port of Umm Qasr sits on the Arabian Gulf coast of Iraq near Basra and, with about two dozen berths to serve shipments of cargo, liquid and dry bulk plus oil from the south, it is the country's biggest maritime gateway. Here, a worker's face and body are covered with dust as he fills bags with corn. AFP

Mar 25, 2021

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