Q&A: Farhan Mohsen al-Fartosi, head of Iraqi Ports
Iraq’s ports company chief talks about post-Beirut security, a tanker dispute with the Basra Oil Company, and managing the risk of coronavirus to his company.
Farhan Mohsen al-Fartosi, the director general of the state-run General Company for Ports of Iraq, in his Basra office on Aug. 12, 2020. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
BASRA - Since he took over the state-run General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) in June, Farhan Mohsen al-Fartosi has had to scramble to make sure no ammonium nitrate was at risk in Basra following the Beirut port explosion, and entered a dispute with Iraq’s largest crude producer over control of maritime logistics in the oil sector.
The limited dangerous materials were secure due to compliance with international-grade systems, he said. The Basra Oil Company (BOC), however, still wants GCPI’s business shuttling oil tankers to terminals.
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