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COALITION PROVISIONAL AurHORJTV BAOHD.AD INJOMEMO February IS, 2004 FOR: mBADMJNISTRATOR FROM: Darrell Treat. Scaior Advisor to tho lnlqi Mini.scry otT~ SUBJECT: Ministry ofTransportatfon Issues Update • Port Tuk Porce-,8~The Baabdad-bucd Ports Test Included arc: I) a c:omprohcnsive UNDP Scrap Removal colllnet dial wiD provide rcvcmaa fioom tho sale of scrap. Proceeds &om lbe sale of the scrap wiJ1 be pat iDlo a trust tiiDd at UNDP In New York IIDd used for fUrther port improvement projects Nqueskd by die .r..qi MOT, 2) a $3.5 miL DredaiDJ awarded to a Sec:Ci0111 l(a) COIDpiDY that CID besiD dredsinslmmedlltely, 3) rcfiarbisbtns of2 of the bia coatainer craes, 4) leae of2 tempcnary cnmes; S) ltiiCtOr tndlen, 6) canlainer hlllldlers and 1) spare pedS fot cranes. E1eclriclty ll1d security conslnlC:Iioa rcqufn:mcDts are bcin& assessecliDCIII'O prioritized. The Pods Task ~ baa divided Into two workins SJ'OUPS: ID~Ion 8lld OpcradoDs. Bashcfad ia recommcndiDJ movids the Opersdons sccUon of the Task Fon=e to the port wheN the mcctins should ~111dc the newly appointed 00 of.Intq Port Aulhority, PotiS IIJIIIIIIC"'CC (SSA) and CPA MoT sraft: ad local ad British mllieary sacurity. • Iraqi Dredpq at Umm Qur. 1be ship SatfSaldwill bo ready this weekend for sea trials, after cxteiiSive mai!ltcn!Uiee ad RPalr· Once tho ship is Ned)<, it will cbds• baths I and 2 to ens&n 12.5-mctcr dcpda, 110 that wbelc ahfpmcot can be cxpccfleod. • GraiD Deliverlllat Umm Qur. 1be portable mcuators capable ofdilcharailla &1lin are ready to be moved to berth 1, lllld MoT sraft'is osfahlishlns a schodule to maxbnizc the otJJoad capability usiJ1a the grahi taminalllld the cncuatGrs al bath 2. Close coordlnatJou llctwcal SSA (pott J11811118C}, CPA, and the grain terminal workas will aim to oftload 111 additicmallOOX kiDS In F~. • Salaries for Porta Co. werken. MoT Slalfln Bqhdad. Blsrah. and Umm Qasr bas finalized the cllsburscment of salari•to Poltl Co. wodccrs. Due to chlnps In tho pay scale. and IJUIDIIFIIC!Il clif&uldes, tho Batrah T11:111UY bu bee:a slow to disbunc tho 1111ries. However, tho MiDiatry ofFlDaDce and MlnisiiJ ofTrauportatioa )'CitOiday completed docamcntadon to expedite !be Burah Treasury's cllsbuncmaat. . • Porta F-. Ac:c:ordiDa to MoT lllaft"ln Basrlh, SSA-the comractecl port 11111111F of Umm Qa'--IJas collected on behalf of the Intq Port Authority • amount of$44 million 6om shlppfna companies, now deposita! in established ICOOIJIIIIIn Kuwait and ScattJc. UNCLASSIFIED 1 I I I I I I I I UNCLASSlFIBD • HaJJ Update. ~ return Olshla tom MecliDa a scbcdulcd to cWiver 24,280 passciJ&CtS to Kuwlit bclwoan feb. 1-21. ne JXOII'IID 1s liiDD1n& vwy llliOOthly with burcs pic:Jdq up puscopn dlnlc:tly at tho Safwan border aroasina. and taldDa them to their pnwincca, wi1h DO delay Ill tho border leal oit)'. • World Baak fluadfllJ f'or projedl. MoT ltd Is fiDaliziac dclalls for World Bank ~projects. Cor oxpcctcd COJISidcntiOD darina World 8aDk video tcleccmfc:rcncc on Feb. 15th. . • Brtqlq olBIAP ataupmaat bdw.a adUCar)' dnwciOWII ucl ......... mptloD. MoTsaaft'worbd onAirNavlptioa Scrrviccl Ccmlra#DABV01~7, which provides fbr a tccbnoJoay end service Cllplldt)' brldp between the draw-clowll ofdlc coalition foJcel suppl)'ina air naviptional services end tbc lnlqi pcriCIDI1C.I obtalniq tho capability to IISSUIIIO respoasibHi:ty for those IICdvitiCII. • BJAP Traultloa. MoT's staff is worJdns with the Army Colpa ofEnglnccrs. and its Iraqi FEST (Forward BnJinoerins SUpport Team). to complete a mapplns and buiJdq IISSCISIDCDt at BIAP. Bec:IUSe the Army Corps ofE1J&iDccr$ will whbdraw OD Fcbruuy 28, MoT is 1111111 to secure a militlry staft'person to oversee the Milk of the lnlqi FEST. • BIAP Maapmeat. MoT llaft' fiDalizecl with lrlqi CAA the orpnlzationalllrudllre ofBIAP, Bechtel's COiltiDued c:onsrructlon scbedulo I& BJAP, and SkyLIDk l1'llllllpllCIIIIIId operatloas. • VSA T lufa08doa. Desipcd to in1provo voice and data liDicl bdweeo olviliaD alnnft and air traffic c:ontrol, tho Very SmallApedlll'eTenaiDil(VSAT) project Is under&oius fiDaJ pi'IJJir8ljoD fbr inlltlllltion. AJoas witll a 2-persoa team ftoallbo lnta1IA1ional AlrTriDsport Associldon (lATA). wllich willllrive on February 15, MoT slafl'wlll deploy VSAT at ArRlllbab.lraq on Pellruary 11-23. A foJiow41CODinlet to supplemeat VSA T capablfdies in 1he 1nq Air Navigadon System (ANS) will requin~ additicmlltralnma fbr Iraqi CivU AYiatloa Authority (CAA). • ANS Coatract. MoT Is c:uirendy clraftfna the Statemerst of Wade fbr 1he supplonleatal· fimded comprehel\sive ANS COidrlct lbr BIAP, Mosul airport. aad Burah airport. • MoT rmew of Molal AJrport. MoT's av1at1oa team vlsital MosuJ Airport, wlaicb Is lll8IIDtd mel supervised by the 1 0111 Airllome Division fbr exclusively military operatioas. Tho team reported that tho 10111 Diviaioo baiDed ud employs 36 Iraqi flreftahters, Dl8iafaiJis two Iraqi fire trucb, eaaploys 3 lrlql air traftlc controllers, employs 3 technloianJ to support avlatloo oommunlcadont,llld ~ 1,000 vencd Iraqis workiDa on the alrfteld. While a chaia 1lak ftDco fimDI the airport perimeter, the airpoJt is SUSC&ptible to small-anu fire tom outsJdc the tinco. Tbo airport bu three .... with oaly ooe openlioDal. no t.erminll is small, with few options for busln=ss =· to operale. M tbe $b)br bripdes moves In to repisce tho 10111 Divilioa, the termlDa1 will be YICIIallbr rc:novadoD, to lDcludc a tamiDIIIIIIICl comprlsina a n:stamllt and duty-he shops. For civfl aviation operations to IIISUIIlC It Moaul, pudcularly carao. additional haapn llld amp would be required. UNCLASSJFIBD 2 UNa.ASSIFIED • Apaada for lateraatloaal ~ c.leraaet. HcJcl io Aaunaa. lontaD. Feb. ,. -I~. the GGDf'crcllcG mlcwod alllCicoiOiosiAI aoeds aiiiOSIIIDOIIt list Cor Iraq. dcvcJop a clnft Requa& for Proposal (RPP). dlscusrcd the reorpniDtioa otd!.e Jnq MctDoroloslca1 Orpuizalioa (IMO) Into a moclcm mCCOOJoloaY orpDlzatioll, addrcsscd fimdiq limlladoaa, IIUl cxamlnoclmy addidoniJ rcquircmenSs for IMO's,. Instatement into bstcmadooal orpoiralicms (World Mctcoroloafcal Orpnlzation, lntcmationaJ Civil AYIItlaa Orpnlzatfon, etc.). • Appnwal tor Oftrfllcbt Reqaata. MoT's avi1tioa team eppnwcd tho overfllsht request offtiabt Uuited Natiolls HUIDIIIkarlan Air SeiV B1900 for Ross Mountaia, tho UN Special Rcpaescrdltlvo to Iraq. depertiq on February II lllld n:tumfoa on Fcbnlary 14. He will ho 11aVolin1 fiom Amm1111. Jardla to KuwaiL Also. MoT epprovcd Luftbaasa's summer scbcdule JeqUCSt for ovcrftiahts tluoll&h Ocfobcr, • Badact for Celllpnla•llwe SeCIIrity Coa1ract. MoT worked with dle Oftklc of General CouaseJ to provide a statement for tho find task order, c:oonlinldo IOUICC seloetioa tam, ad identify Initial fimcls In lbo Jnqi 2004 budpt (ranaiq between S 100,000 to SI~OO,OOO) to bcaln security 01101n1et. This C01SbaCt wiU be fiutded by tho DFI, tlu:ou&h a combJnatlon of the 2004 ministry budpt and additional fbncls antfclpatod lD Mlrdl of2004. • BaglacW-Molal Uu. Passenger rail service bctwra BasJadld ud MosuJ wu ltStored today after a two month suspensloD. Tbe 1lalns wens stoppad last December by the Iraqi Mlnlslry ofTranspo.rtatioa iD.rapoase to an increase In adaCks OD tho railway In that qion. The IRR now opcntcs daily passeaaer lraiDs belwccD Bapdad and Basra, Baahdld and Haseiba, Baplad II'ICl Mosul, ancl Mosuland Aleppo, Syria. • Gnla lblpmeat. The JraqJ Republic Railway ia moviq 25,000 toas of paiD &om tho Syriaa border to various inland points. Two trahls have alrady delivcnd pia to lib In Mosul ucl T~ Two otbet tJaias dcparrcd Ibis IDOIIliq ftom the border town of Rabiya for Mosul and Taji. A tots! of25 tralnlollds of pin will be dcllvcn:d by the lnqi Republic Railway by the cad ofFebruary. • IRR Deleptloa to tile U.S. The 1RR delcpdoa wblch has beea In the US on a1DA- spoascncl Orlcalatloa Vilit hat I10W rccamcd to Iraq. Durina their limo ia 1he us. they visited ar were briefed by IIICh catitics as Oeaaal Motors (BMD). General E1cctric, UDion Pacific, lhe AmericiD Assoclltloo ofRallroads, tho Federal RaiJioed ActmiDislraticm, The World Bait, the Export-Import But. BuriJnatoll Nort.bem-Santa Fe 8lld many others. Feedback In alllespecll has been vay favorable. • Rca tal Coatpuy Solldtatloa. A I'IDtll-clr GOIDJ'ID)', the Ddcpto TI'8DipOit Co. (a Sfate.OwDed Eatcrprlse COIIlplll)' Ill Mol) did not win dle land blllpOrt cnppiiiCftJ for the Turkislllnldc mission mivlna iD. 8qtldld romonow. It did aot have tho equipmen~ type that the Turks requested; nsmcly, Suburllan SUV's aad minibuses. This wu a businaa pJu "'riaa nm",II'ICliiUl time, Laftd 1'rlllsport promisa to panner with ueourlty c:ompuy tooft'er acomplccoJ*kaao. MoT lltlffwill meet with Land UNCLASSlFlED 3 Poga38 UNCLASSIPIBD Traasport's repJaCI1tadve to dovclop a fbl1 scrvico tranapoltldioDIIIICUrity operatioD t'or the anticipated intlux oflrldo missions into BaafJdad. • lafer.dty B-. As a MinlsteyofTliiDSpOifation~ cataprilo, Passcapr Transport Co.lepolted that its iJlter.dty bucs -would COII1II1CilCC Its opcnli0111 in &aplad on February IS. To IICR'II&fhaa the public 1l'llllspodldon S)'lfCm. tho COIDJIIID)' slpecla CODiract with Ill BmtJaa firm to SIIPPb' it with SO bula. • RaDIan ud b._ for a b..._ expo. Because tbe Iraqi-Amerlc:an Cblmbcr of Commenlc aad IDduslry (IACCI) II orpnlziq a busiMaa expo in JJaahdad ill April, MoT staff" n belpiDa the Rnt+ear Ddcpkls Company (m MoT SOB) 111111 the bus- oriented Passenger TI'IJISIIOit Company (111 MoT SOE) to PI'J*'O t'or this oppodllnity. MoT scaft"ls coonliDatiog to develop tho rates llld &res. ATTACHMENTS: NONE COORDINATION: Ocpartmcmt Heads UNCLASSIFJBD 4