TEHRAN – The loading and unloading of goods in Khorramshahr port, in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province, increased by 62 percent during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21), as compared to the same time span in the previous year, according to a provincial official.

Ali Asgari, the director-general of the Ports and Maritime Department of Khorramshahr county, announced that 1.134 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded in Khorramshahr port during the first four months of this year, while the figure was 698,000 tons in the same period of time in the past year.

According to the data released by Iran’s Transport and Urban Development Ministry, the loading and unloading of goods in the ports of Iran increased by four percent in the previous Iranian calendar year 1402 (ended on March 19), as compared to the same period in a year earlier,

During the mentioned period, loading and unloading operations in the container sector also rose 10 percent year on year to reach 2.614 million TEUs.

Based on the data previously released by the Transport and Urban Development Ministry, the loading and unloading of goods in the ports of Iran rose 17 percent during the Iranian calendar year 1401 (ended on March 20, 2023), as compared to the preceding year.

The ministry’s data show that the loading and unloading of goods in the country’s ports reached 152.91 million tons in the mentioned year, while the figure stood at 130.69 million tons in the preceding year.

During the said year, loading and unloading operations in the container sector reached 2.1 million TEUs with a weight of 24.57 million tons, which was 13.5 percent more than the 1.85 million TEUs in the Iranian calendar year 1400, the report said.

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