page_title: Umm Qasr Port
section_title: Reconstruction
hierarchical_section_title: Umm Qasr Port / History / Reconstruction
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Mehrere Patrouillenboote (hier P104) vom Typ Predator gehören zur Ausrü¼stung der neuen irakischen Marine am Stützpunkt Umm Qasr, Juni 2004. English: Iraqi Coastal Defense Force (ICDF) Patrol Craft 104 gets underway to provide a demonstration during the opening ceremony for the ICDF base at Umm Qasr, Iraq. The ICDF was created in January 2004 and has been training under British-led coalition forces. The ICDF will provide anti-smuggling, policing, search and rescue and various other capabilities along the Iraqi coastline.
context_page_description: Umm Qasr Port is Iraq's only deep water port, part of the city of Umm Qasr.
  Iraq's second port in scale of size and goods shipped to the port of Basra, it is strategically important, located on the western edge of the al-Faw peninsula, where the mouth of the Shatt al Arab waterway enters the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet. Prior to the Persian Gulf War, traffic between Kuwait and Iraq flowed over a bridge.
context_section_description: On 23 May 2003, control of the facility was transferred from the Spanish Army operating under the Royal Marines, to Stevedoring Service of America (SSA). The company is responsible for both operations as well as restoration and renovation of the facility, which will be turned over to Iraqi civilian control when it is fully operational.
  In January 2004 it was announced that work would start on a $10.3 million project to renovate the Umm Qasr Naval Base, funded through the Project Management Office (PMO) of the Coalition Provisional Authority. To enable the Iraqi security forces the facilities they need for the defence of their country, the project includes building renovation; construction of electrical, water and sanitary sewage systems; security improvements; dock repair and dredging. The prime contractor was Weston Solutions, Inc. of West Chester, Pennsylvania, who completed the work in mid-May 2004.
caption: New Iraqi Navy patrol boat in Port of Umm Qasr
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