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Umm Qasr, Khor Al Zubair, and the Other Iraqi Seaports
Nafith International, our Mideast subsidiary, built and is now operating a system to control the movement of trucks entering seaports in Iraq. Operations began during June 2016 at Umm Qasr, Iraq's largest seaport, to be followed by Khor Al Zubair, and subsequently Iraq's other ports. The system is handling nearly 1,500 trucks per day and its positive impact on port and trucking sectors performance is evident.
The system combines process redesign for port operations with an integrated software platform for the port operators and truck dispatchers, truck marshalling yards within the Umm Qasr and Khor Al Zubair ports, terminal capacity controls, automated and staffed checkpoints utilizing RFID technology, data validation, and routing algorithms. This allows us to organize the activities of multiple, independent stakeholders (including port operations, truckers, dispatchers and trucking companies, and myriad government entities) into an integrated solution that follows known rules, treats all participants fairly, and is designed to promote efficiency, productivity, and transparency.
This improves port performance, reduces truck waiting time, minimizes road congestion, and magnifies visibility.
Additional financing for the project was provided by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank , and Foursan Capital Partners, a private-equity fund targeting investments in accelerated growth companies in the Levant and North Africa.
The system is operated by Nafith International under the terms of a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) agreement with the General Company for the Ports of Iraq (GCPI) and Iraq's Ministry of Transport.
Impact
The Project is designed to improve the performance of Iraq’s ports and the trucking sector.
Port Operations: Speed ship discharge; decrease congestion at terminals and berths to increase thru-put; enforce capacity controls; and decrease the number of trucks in the ports by ensuring trucks are present only to conduct authorized operations.
Truck Operations: Streamline operations at the ports to reduce truck queues and delays; provide trucking companies advance notification of anticipated vessel discharge times; keep trucks away from the ports when they do not have a job to reduce truck idle time and thereby improve national fleet efficiency.
Foundation System: Provide the Ministry of Transport with a registrar system linking trucks, drivers and trucking companies; implement an Internet-based application to upgrade the technical sophistication of the sector; generate reliable and detailed statistics on performance for the transport sector and government.
Second-order impacts: Reduce pollution and fuel consumption; establish transparent and fair practices; reduce corruption.
Global Recognition
The Financial Times (London) awarded Nafith International a Special Commendation at its “Achievement in Transformational Infrastructure” for company's project in Iraq. The award was presented at their Transformational Business Conference in London during June 2017, which focused on new technologies impacting the developing world.
Nafith International received the 2016 Gender Equality award from World Bank Group, citing our success at "integrating women staff in the logistics industry in Iraq."
More Information
Iraq Project Overview
IFC, the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, praises on our Iraq project
NTELX International Subsidiary Launches System in Iraq June 2016
NTELX International Subsidiary wins Gender Equality award from World Bank Group
NTELX International Subsidiary Starts Project in Iraq
The system combines process redesign for port operations with an integrated software platform for the port operators and truck dispatchers, truck marshalling yards within the Umm Qasr and Khor Al Zubair ports, terminal capacity controls, automated and staffed checkpoints utilizing RFID technology, data validation, and routing algorithms. This allows us to organize the activities of multiple, independent stakeholders (including port operations, truckers, dispatchers and trucking companies, and myriad government entities) into an integrated solution that follows known rules, treats all participants fairly, and is designed to promote efficiency, productivity, and transparency.
This improves port performance, reduces truck waiting time, minimizes road congestion, and magnifies visibility.
Additional financing for the project was provided by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank , and Foursan Capital Partners, a private-equity fund targeting investments in accelerated growth companies in the Levant and North Africa.
The system is operated by Nafith International under the terms of a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) agreement with the General Company for the Ports of Iraq (GCPI) and Iraq's Ministry of Transport.
Impact
The Project is designed to improve the performance of Iraq’s ports and the trucking sector.
Port Operations: Speed ship discharge; decrease congestion at terminals and berths to increase thru-put; enforce capacity controls; and decrease the number of trucks in the ports by ensuring trucks are present only to conduct authorized operations.
Truck Operations: Streamline operations at the ports to reduce truck queues and delays; provide trucking companies advance notification of anticipated vessel discharge times; keep trucks away from the ports when they do not have a job to reduce truck idle time and thereby improve national fleet efficiency.
Foundation System: Provide the Ministry of Transport with a registrar system linking trucks, drivers and trucking companies; implement an Internet-based application to upgrade the technical sophistication of the sector; generate reliable and detailed statistics on performance for the transport sector and government.
Second-order impacts: Reduce pollution and fuel consumption; establish transparent and fair practices; reduce corruption.
Global Recognition
The Financial Times (London) awarded Nafith International a Special Commendation at its “Achievement in Transformational Infrastructure” for company's project in Iraq. The award was presented at their Transformational Business Conference in London during June 2017, which focused on new technologies impacting the developing world.
Nafith International received the 2016 Gender Equality award from World Bank Group, citing our success at "integrating women staff in the logistics industry in Iraq."
More Information
Iraq Project Overview
IFC, the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, praises on our Iraq project
NTELX International Subsidiary Launches System in Iraq June 2016
NTELX International Subsidiary wins Gender Equality award from World Bank Group
NTELX International Subsidiary Starts Project in Iraq