EHRAN- As announced by a provincial official, 959,620 TEUs of goods were loaded and unloaded in Shahid Rajaee port, Iran’s largest and best-equipped container port, during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21).

Hossein Abbas-Nejad, the director-general of Ports and Maritime Department of southern Hormozgan province, where the port lies, said of the mentioned figure, 492,710 TEUs were unloaded goods, and 466,910 TEUs were the loaded cargos to be shipped to the target countries.

Based on the latest data released by the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), some 76,330,052 tons of goods were loaded and unloaded at the country’s ports in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year.

As reported, during the mentioned four months more than 8.949 million tons of oil products and over 17.484 million tons of non-oil goods were unloaded at the Iranian ports, while the loading of oil products in ports was reported to be 25.4 million tons, and the loading of non-oil goods was 24.494 million tons.

Totally, more than 26.434 million tons of oil- and non-oil goods were unloaded at the Iranian ports in the said four months, and over 49.896 million tons of oil- and non-oil products were loaded.

During the said period, loading and unloading operations in the container sector reached 924,886 TEUs, which was four percent more than the 886,378 TEUs in the first four months of the past year.

While Iran is combating the U.S. unilateral sanctions on its economy, the country’s ports as the major gates of exports and imports play a significant role in this battle. This role makes all-out support to ports and more development of them serious and vital.

MA