PMO News Portal - Commercial ports of the country; They are
the main gateway of foreign trade and the main pillar of the national economy,
and therefore their uninterrupted, stable operation and continuous services
have a vital and comprehensive impact on the economy.
In this regard, in the first eight months of this year
(March – November), the country's commercial ports managed to unload and load a
total of about 80 million tons of goods which Petroleum products with more than
30 million tons and a share of 38% holds the first place, respectively dry bulk
goods with 25 million tons and a share of 31%, container goods with 12.3
million tons and a share of 15%, general goods with 11 million tons and The
share of 14% and liquid bulk goods with 1.7 million tons and the share of 2%
were in the next ranks.
Export
Also during this period, 35.8 million tons of goods were
exported from the country's commercial ports, of which, oil products with 13.6
million tons and a share of 38% holds the first place and dry bulk goods with
10.4 million tons and a share of 26. 4%, general goods with 5.8 million tons
and a share of 16.6%, container goods with 5.7 million tons and a share of
15.8% and liquid bulk goods with 1.3 million tons and a share of 3.6% were in
the next ranks.
Import
In addition, in the last 8 months, more than 23.7 million
tons of various goods entered the country through commercial ports and by
maritime transportation system, which combined dry bulk goods with 19.5 million
tons and a share of 82% is ranked first. Respectively, container goods with 2.8
million tons and a share of 12 percent, general goods with 813 thousand tons
and a share of 3.4 percent and liquid bulk goods with 434 thousand tons and a
share of 1.8 percent are in the next ranks.
Passenger Transport
Accordingly, during the mentioned period, despite the
outbreak of corona virus, passenger transportation activities, especially
maritime tourists, were completely stopped at first and then carried out with observance
of health protocols and instructions. about 4.2 million passenger
transportation operations in ports with 21,000 trips by passenger vessels was
recorded.
Nominal and container capacity of ports
Also, during the last 8 months, the Ports and Maritime
Organization invested more than 135,000 billion Rls. from its internal
resources in order to carry out infrastructure and equipment projects to
improve and develop the capacity of the country's commercial ports. The nominal
capacity of ports is 250 million tons and the container capacity has been
increased to 7.8 million TEU, and currently, maritime passenger terminals have
a capacity of 24.7 million passengers.