Iraq Suspends Oil Port Operations After Tanker Attacks

Oil terminals at Iraqi ports suspended operations on Thursday after attacks on tankers near the country’s waters, as the West Asia conflict entered its 13th day, Iraqi authorities said. Farhan al-Fartousi, Director General of the state-owned General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), said oil port operations had been halted while commercial ports continued functioning. 

“The operation of oil ports has been suspended, commercial ports



continue operations,” al-Fartousi was quoted as saying by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

Ships remain in the waiting area while loading and unloading activities are continuing at Umm Qasr North Port and Umm Qasr South Port. 

The decision followed an incident involving a tanker carrying petroleum products supplied by the State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) to the Iraqi Oil Tankers Company.