TEHRAN- As revealed by a provincial official, 36 million tons of goods were filled and unloaded in Imam Khomeini port, in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, during the first nine months of the existing Iranian fiscal year (March 20- December 21, 2024).
Aboutaleb Geraylou, the director-general of the Ports and Maritime Department of Khuzestan province, said that Imam Khomeini port, as the biggest business port in the province, accepted 1,112 vessels in the nine-month period.As previously revealed by Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), the countrys ports managed nearly 175 million lots of cargo in the first nine months of the present year.During this period, 20.83 million tons of oil goods and 39.55 million tons of non-oil products were unloaded, bringing overall dumping operations to 60.38 million heaps.
Freight loading operations included 58.84 million lots of oil items and 55.77 million lots of non-oil items, amounting to 114.61 million heaps, IRNA reported.Combined filling and unloading operations totaled up to 174.99 million loads, with 79.67 million lots of oil items and 95.32 million tons of non-oil goods.Additionally, Iran's ports handled 2.33 million TEUs (twenty-foot comparable systems) of containers during this duration, reflecting a 14 percent boost compared to 2.05 million TEUs in the same duration last year.The growth in container operations highlights increased efficiency and increasing trade volumes at Iranian ports.Irans ports have a total nominal capacity of over 260 million loads per year, permitting them to manage a vast array of oil and non-oil commodities.
Key ports, such as Shahid Rajaei Port in Hormozgan Province, account for a substantial portion of the countrys trade activity due to their sophisticated infrastructure and strategic area along worldwide shipping routes.Investments in port infrastructure have actually further enhanced the performance of loading and unloading operations, minimizing turnaround times for vessels.The PMO has actually stressed the importance of increasing port capacity to accommodate growing trade volumes and assistance Iran's economic advancement objectives.
Upgrades in equipment, digitalization of operations, and expanded storage centers belong to continuous efforts to optimize port efficiency.Iran is one of the nations with a special status in trade and transit relations due to its strategic place and unique location, as the nation is the passage of numerous crucial global corridors.Considering its geographical location, Iran can play a significant function in the transit of goods in the area and benefit a lot from its status in this due.While Iran is combating the United States unilateral sanctions on its economy, the nations ports as the significant gates of exports and imports play a considerable function in this battle.
This role makes full-blown assistance to ports and more advancement of them major and vital.Such need has actually led the federal government to specify tasks for more advancement of the ports and likewise take some procedures to motivate investment making in ports, in addition to facilitating the loading and dumping of items, particularly fundamental products, there.It deserves mentioning that Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization has actually specified a high number of projects to develop and improve the nations ports, as the nation aims to double the capacity of its ports in five years.MA