Shahid Rajaee Port capacity at 100m tons per annum

November 27, 2018 - 21:3

TEHRAN- “Annual loading and unloading capacity of Shahid Rajaee Port, in south of Iran, stands at 100 million tons, 25 percent of which belongs to minerals, the head of Hormozgan Province's Ports and Maritime Department announced on Tuesday.

“Some 80 million tons of cargos were loaded and unloaded at the port in the preceding year with minerals accounting for 20 million tons of the amount,” Allah-Morad Afifipour added.

Informing about the construction of a mechanized terminal in this port, the official said that the project needs about 40 trillion rials ($952 million) of investments and related negotiations are being done with an investor from the private sector to implement it.

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