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Import and export freight badly hit since 2015 closure.
JORDAN – IRAQ – The border between the two countries, known in Jordan as Karameh and in Iraq as Trebil, has now reopened to road freight, a great relief to the local economies having been closed since 2015 now that ISIS forces, which controlled the vital route between Amman and Baghdad, have been displaced. The closure had a debilitating effect, particularly on energy poor Jordan, which saw its export traffic drop by two thirds as a result of the closure.
A large part of the traffic from Iraq was the 10,000 or so barrels of oil brought in daily by road tankers which the militants were ‘taxing’, giving them a vital source of revenue, hence the closure. With neighbouring Syria in the throes of various military conflicts, Dubai headquartered Move One, a logistics group specialising in transport in the troubled Middle Eastern regions, says the new move means there is now once again a safe, direct 550 kilometre highway from the border directly to Baghdad. Read more
Source: HANDY SHIPPING GUIDE