IRAN's shahid Rajee port has posted a 694,450 laden TEU throughput in the first five months of the year, reports the Tehran Times.
Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) deputy head Farhad Montaser Kouhsari declared that Shahid Rajaee port accounted for 87 per cent of container operations conducted in the country during the five-month period.
Container operation has increased 13 per cent in the ports of Iran during the first five months of the current calendar year, with 906,218 TEU being handled through the country's ports.
'This growth rate occurred while most of the country's ports were facing the situation of red indicator of coronavirus infection, but with the planning and observance of health procedures, we saw an increase in container performance in the country's maritime sector,' said Mr Kouhsari.
'Increasing container operations in the country's ports is one of the most important issues considered by the PMO,' said Mr Kouhsari.
The capacity of the port will increase from 6.5 million TEU to 8.5 million TEU.
Meanwhile, loading and unloading of goods in the ports of Iran rose 14 per cent during the first five months compared to the previous year.
PMO's ports affairs director Ravanbakhsh Behzadian declared loading and unloading of goods at the country's commercial ports reached 58.99 million tons in the first five months, while standing at 51.73 million tons in the past year's same five months.
Said Mr Kouhsari: 'The private sector has been investing in ports in the face of sanctions and the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, and it is, therefore, necessary to pay serious attention to their problems and issues.'
'If the contract is short-term, port operators will not have a proper security margin,' said Mr Kouhsari.
'By modifying and reviewing port contracts and optimal management of them, monitoring the implementation of investment companies' obligations, especially in providing non-strategic equipment and supplying equipment shortages in ports will be eliminated.' said Mr Kouhsari.
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Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) deputy head Farhad Montaser Kouhsari declared that Shahid Rajaee port accounted for 87 per cent of container operations conducted in the country during the five-month period.
Container operation has increased 13 per cent in the ports of Iran during the first five months of the current calendar year, with 906,218 TEU being handled through the country's ports.
'This growth rate occurred while most of the country's ports were facing the situation of red indicator of coronavirus infection, but with the planning and observance of health procedures, we saw an increase in container performance in the country's maritime sector,' said Mr Kouhsari.
'Increasing container operations in the country's ports is one of the most important issues considered by the PMO,' said Mr Kouhsari.
The capacity of the port will increase from 6.5 million TEU to 8.5 million TEU.
Meanwhile, loading and unloading of goods in the ports of Iran rose 14 per cent during the first five months compared to the previous year.
PMO's ports affairs director Ravanbakhsh Behzadian declared loading and unloading of goods at the country's commercial ports reached 58.99 million tons in the first five months, while standing at 51.73 million tons in the past year's same five months.
Said Mr Kouhsari: 'The private sector has been investing in ports in the face of sanctions and the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, and it is, therefore, necessary to pay serious attention to their problems and issues.'
'If the contract is short-term, port operators will not have a proper security margin,' said Mr Kouhsari.
'By modifying and reviewing port contracts and optimal management of them, monitoring the implementation of investment companies' obligations, especially in providing non-strategic equipment and supplying equipment shortages in ports will be eliminated.' said Mr Kouhsari.
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