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The bomb was armed with acoustic and seismic detectors, making any noise or vibration deadly. Even worse, attached magnetic devices could detect the metal eyelet of an approaching boot.
Iraq’s plan for its future mega-port to offer an alternative to other Middle Eastern ports, and even the Suez Canal, would depend on overload transhipment to Turkey, provided by state-owned Iraqi Republic Railways (IRR).
INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES, INC. LISTED port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) announced on Monday that it had successfully raised P4.7 billion from the sale of its 40 million treasury shares. In an e-mailed statement, ICTSI said the offering was “oversubscribed” by “high-quality” foreign and local investors. The company sold 40 million treasury shares at P117 per share representing a 3.9% discount to the closing share price on Nov. 25, ICTSI said. The offering was the company’s first equity follow-on offering since 2013, according to IC...