TEHRAN- “After the execution of Iran’s nuclear deal with G5+1 group in January, 13 international shipping lines have started commuting to the Iranian southern port of Shahid Rajaee,” the CEO of Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Mohammad Saied Nejad said on Monday.

“More than $5 billion is invested on improvement of Shahid Rajaee Port,” IRNA quoted Saied Nejad, who is also the deputy transport minister, addressing a conference on “Belgian Port of Antwerp Day” in Tehran.

Shahid Rajaee, Antwerp sistership MOU concluded

Port of Antwerp’s Managing Director Eddy Bruyninckx and the managing director of southern province of Hormozgan’s Ports and Maritime Department Ebrahim Ideni signed a contract on sistership of Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee and Belgian port of Antwerp on Monday.

The agreement seeks ease of transporting goods between the two countries as well as knowledge transfer.

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