SERVICES
Basra Multipurpose Terminal (BMT) is the largest multi-purpose facility in Iraq, with direct access to major road networks and national rail links. This allows BMT to service major oil & gas fields and urban areas in Southern Iraq, Baghdad, and further North. BMT provides well-established facilities with containerized, project, breakbulk, and heavy lift experience, a range of ‘Value Added’ & ancillary services, plus short & long-term warehousing and open storage facilities; safe, secure, and efficient first-class port handling services in Umm Qasr Port North, with particular expertise in a wide range of stakeholders such as, but not limited to, Oil & Gas, Energy, EPCs, freight forwarders, and similar.
BMT remains the “terminal of choice” for Schedule & Tramp Markets, having strong relationships with local agents and connections to a variety of logistics services through its wider group of companies, enabling comprehensive in-country and worldwide door-to-door & bespoke solutions, customized to individual client and project requirements.
RORO
Vehicles, trailers, oversized cargo consignments. BMT can offer solutions to meet each & every requirement.
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General Cargo
From its early history, BMT has always specialised & excelled in Project Cargo handling & benefits
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Cargo Handling
Each & everyday, BMT handles & store various cargo types from crates, coils, pipes, forestry products.
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Stuffing / Stripping / Warehousing
we have a number of undercover storage options to store a vast array of cargo.
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Dry / Granulized Bulk Handling
With its handling capacity of up to 10,000 MT per vessel per day; Basra Multipurpose Terminal.
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Container Handling
BMT Operates 5 Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes over 800 meters of berth length in the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq.
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- Containerized Cargo Operations
- Breakbulk and Project Cargo Operations
- Heavy lift and Out-of-Gauge Cargo Operations
- Dry Bulk Cargo Operations
- Roll-on, Roll-off Operations
- Stevedoring Services
- Open bonded area storage
- Closed ambient-controlled storage
- BMT’s integrated operation management system
- Experienced international and local industry professionals
- 24/7 security and CCTV monitoring
- 24/7 safety and fire precautions
- Independent cargo surveys
- In-house technical team specialized in lifting & handling operations
- Weighbridges
- X-ray scanners
What Makes BMT Unique:
- Largest terminal space for multipurpose terminal operations
- 800 meters linear 4 berths – no LOA restrictions for any type of vessels
- Best available draft on the berths
- Largest apron width at Umm Qasr.
- Shortest distance from quay to open storage locations.
- Highest turning radius for roads
- No height restrictions for OOG cargo
- Best quay and yard bearing capacity
- Over 45,000mq ambient controlled warehousing
- 7/24 surveillance of entire terminal and warehouses
- One stop shop for any terminal operation requirements.
- Largest designated parking area and amenities.
- Largest equipment park
- Highest market share on Project, Heavy and other break bulk cargo.
- Capability of discharging heavy and OOG cargo without dependency on vessel gears
- Integrated operation software providing real time monitoring
- Highest daily productivity capacity for bulk cargo operations.
- Approved subcontractor status to all major Freight Forwarders, O&G, Energy, EPCs and road transporters.
- Capacity of undertaking any consolidation/deconsolidation activity
- In-house technical engineering team to support lifting and handling studies