94 mln tons of goods loaded, unloaded at Iranian ports in 5 months

Over 94 million tons of goods have been loaded and unloaded in the first five months of Iranian calendar year (March 22- August 21) at the country’s ports.

News ID: 5034

Date: 26 August 2024 - 12:16

TABNAK, Aug, 26: 10. 964 million tons of oil products and 21.291 millions of non-oil products have been unloaded during the period.

Furthermore, 32.132 million tons of oil products and 29.896 million tons of non-oil products have been loaded during the above-mentioned period.

While Iran is combating the U.S. unilateral sanctions on its economy, the country’s ports as the major gates of exports and imports play a significant role in this battle. This role makes all-out support to ports and more development of them serious and vital.

Such necessity has led the government to define projects for more development of the ports and also take some measures to encourage investment making in ports, in addition to facilitating the loading and unloading of goods, especially basic commodities, there.

It is worth mentioning that Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization has defined a high number of projects to develop and improve the country’s ports, as the country aims to double the capacity of its ports in five years.

Ports and Maritime Organization has put it on the agenda to attract 300 trillion rials (about $600 million) of investment from the private sector in the country's ports by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (late March 2025)