2021-02-07 18:35:20 GMT2021-02-08 02:35:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) The Iraqi railway company has resumed limited transportation of oil derivatives from central Iraq to the south in an attempt to revive the railway sector, an official newspaper reported on Sunday.
The Iraqi Republic Railway Company (IRR) announced the rehabilitation of 100 of its rail tank cars by the company s workers, who also rebuilt many of the company s damaged buildings and equipment, the al-Sabah newspaper reported.
Under a contract signed with the Ministry of Oil, the IRR is currently transporting 1,000 cubic meters of oil derivatives a day from the Baiji oil refinery in Salahudin province in the north of Baghdad to Umm Qasr Port in the southern province of Basra, said Talib al-Husseiny, head of the IRR company.