PMO News Portal – On a TV program with focus on the achievements
of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami emphasized: We
are getting closer to development of third generation ports with the wide and
diverse investments that are being made in the northern and southern ports. In
the new generation of ports, trade and support activities are in line with maritime
economy and with the help of marketing, export and transit cargo is produced
and port activities are mainly export-oriented.
Referring to the attraction of 200,000 billion Rls. of
private sector investment and the construction of various projects in the
country's ports, The Minister of Roads and Urban Development, added: In the
northern ports and on the coast of the Caspian Sea, the construction of Ro-Ro
wharfs is in progress, which will be put into operation in near future. By utilizing
Ro-Ro ships, we will have the opportunity to export products, especially perishable
food, in a shorter time.
For the first time, the Ports and Maritime Organization has ordered
the equipment and vessels needed by the country to domestic manufacturers,
which has activated the country's maritime industry. Today, Iranian companies
have gained the confidence to be able to resolutely prevent any destructive
action resulting from sanctions, even in very large industries such as maritime
and shipping.”, Eslami highlighted
The Minister of Roads and Urban Development stressed that
there is no regional development on the Makran coast and the development is
convergent. two powerful potentials are being developed on the Makran coast,
one in Jask and the other in Chabahar; Jask will soon have an oil export
terminal and become the country's largest oceanic port outside the Strait of Hormuz.