Deputy PM Guleed inaugurates modern equiptment to expand the city port

Somali deputy prime minister Mahdi Mohamed Guleed has today officially launched the opening of an event held in Mogadishu port to remove debris from the port waters.

The new equipment were brought by Albayrak, a Turkish company that operates the city port.

Present in today’s event were government officials including federal ministers among them Ports and marine Transport minister Maryan Aweis Jama.

Speaking in the event, the DPM Guleed expressed his delight noting the port ministry mission was to execute such a program.

“Today it’s a big delight for us to inaugurate the program of removing sand and wreckage from the port of Mogadishu. It is one of the major goals of the port ministry as well as among the initial challenges faced by them since the inception of the current administration to remove dirt from the port to allow heavy ships to anchor at the facility”

Minister Maryan Aweis Jama who spoke in the venue described the determination her ministry exerted to realize this matter since the port is the nerve centre for the economy of the country.

“This inauguration of today is a long process we were deeply engaged in. The port of Mogadishu is the economic centre of the Somali nation and its imperative for us to keep tracking how it works” said Minister Jama

Minister Jama predicted for the port to be at par with international rules in the near future. “We expect the port of Mogadishu to reach international standard in service provision in the coming years. The port was a rundown but Albayrak Company has revived it. This is one of the contract agreements between the government and Albayrak to cover this section.”

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