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Kuwait Celebrates Repair of Port: A ceremony Saturday marked completion of repairs to Kuwait’s main container port, restoring it to full operations for the first time since the Persian Gulf War. “Shuaiba Container Terminal has regained its former operating efficiency, with greater capacity and a greater determination to bring back to life the commercial sector of this country through this vital artery,” said Abdul Rahman al-Nibari, director general of the emirate’s Public Ports Authority. Al-Nibari said the port was partly activated in March shortly after the U.S.-coalition forces drove out Iraqi forces. He said it cost $10 million to $15 million to replace the port’s handling equipment, which was taken by the Iraqis, and to clear away sunken ships and unexploded ordnance.