IRISL re-opens liner service with Genoa, Antwerp and Hamburg
THE Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has reopened its regular liner service with Europe with the docking of the 2,478-TEU Azargoun in Hamburg.
The new service will be operating with 2,500-TEU ships, calling at Hamburg and Antwerp, along with Genoa, Istanbul, Port Said and Bandar Abbas.
IRISL's liner services will be represented in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands by the firm currently being jointly set up by Peter W Lampke GmbH & Co. KG (PWL) and IRISL (Europe) GmbH, namely IRISL Agency (North) GmbH, based in Hamburg and with branches in Antwerp and Rotterdam.
German industrial companies anticipate an early revival in business activity. Germany is traditionally Iran's largest trading partner in the West.
Hamburg, in particular, where so many Iranians have settled and set up businesses, has for generations maintained close relations with Iran.
Prior to sanctions, the main imports via Hamburg were barley, potash fertilisers, feedstuffs and machinery. As exports from Iran, fresh and tinned fruit, yarns, other textiles, rubber and vegetables topped the list in the Port of Hamburg.
IRISL owns 170 vessels. In its east Asia service, for instance, it deploys ships with a capacity of 6,500 TEU. Additional liner services to SE Asia are run with 2,200 to 2,500-TEU ships.
IRISL also runs container services from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean as well as East Africa.
THE Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has reopened its regular liner service with Europe with the docking of the 2,478-TEU Azargoun in Hamburg.
The new service will be operating with 2,500-TEU ships, calling at Hamburg and Antwerp, along with Genoa, Istanbul, Port Said and Bandar Abbas.
IRISL's liner services will be represented in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands by the firm currently being jointly set up by Peter W Lampke GmbH & Co. KG (PWL) and IRISL (Europe) GmbH, namely IRISL Agency (North) GmbH, based in Hamburg and with branches in Antwerp and Rotterdam.
German industrial companies anticipate an early revival in business activity. Germany is traditionally Iran's largest trading partner in the West.
Hamburg, in particular, where so many Iranians have settled and set up businesses, has for generations maintained close relations with Iran.
Prior to sanctions, the main imports via Hamburg were barley, potash fertilisers, feedstuffs and machinery. As exports from Iran, fresh and tinned fruit, yarns, other textiles, rubber and vegetables topped the list in the Port of Hamburg.
IRISL owns 170 vessels. In its east Asia service, for instance, it deploys ships with a capacity of 6,500 TEU. Additional liner services to SE Asia are run with 2,200 to 2,500-TEU ships.
IRISL also runs container services from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean as well as East Africa.