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Middle East Monitor (6 April 2021)

A state-owned Iraqi newspaper on Sunday proposed Al-Faw Grand Port as an alternative to the Suez Canal.

Al-Sabah said Al-Faw, in the southern city of Basra, would allow ships that arrive to be unloaded and then have containers transported by road to sea routes in the west.

The movement of goods between Asia and Europe was disrupted for six days after the giant cargo ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal on 23 March.

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