انعكاسات جزر الغوارق على الملاحة في شط العرب

Abstract

      Saw the Shatt al-Arab emergence of many small islands and semiconductor islands since the nineties of the last century due to the accumulation of large amounts of silt long periods of time over a break freely soaked, took impede traffic in the coast, they contribute to the deterioration of the depths of the navigation channel, and weaken the MSC as a result of collisions with passing ships, also affect the creation of geographical changes in the waterway of the canal navigation, as well as what caused the high pollution levels as a result of leakage of some cargoes of water, and despite numerous attempts by the authorities responsible for the shipping activity in the Shatt al-Arab, to address the problem of the proliferation of sunken ships, and docking with the natural environment, but these islands still exist, so this study recommends that efforts be intensified in order to get rid of these islands and deepen the navigation channel of the port development.