TEHRAN – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has it on the agenda to increase the current 209 million-ton capacity of the country’s trade ports to 217 million tons, IRNA reported on Monday quoting PMO’s Managing Director Mohammad Saeednejad.

According to Saeednejad, PMO also aims to increase the container capacity of Iran’s trade ports from 4.86 million to 5 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2017).

The official also underscored investment, implementation and management projects related to the container terminals of Shahid Rajaee port in south of Iran as vital for the organization.

“PMO is also seeking investment to manage and develop Anzali and Amirabad ports in north and Shahid Beheshti port in south of the country,” he said.

Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization eyes to attract 30 trillion rials (about $850 million) worth of foreign and domestic investments this year.

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