PMO News Portal - Regarding the launch of the RO-RO shipping
line in the northern ports of the country, Khosrow Saraee stated that business
people in our country are constantly trading with the Caspian littoral states
and other target countries on route. we need be able to utilize different modes
of transportation at competitive costs. And relying on one mode of
transportation may lead to trade instability.
Saraee added: in order to pave the way for the merchants and
business people, The Ports and Maritime Organization succeeded in establishing
truck-to-ship Ro-Ro shipping services between the northern ports of Iran and
the Caspian littoral states, especially Russia and Kazakhstan. To reduce port
costs, these types of ships will be granted an 80% incentive.
Saraee pointed out that some measures have been taken in
coordination with authorities to provide licenses for the purchase and
construction of Ro-Ro ships by the private sector, and said: we hope that
Iranian shipping companies operating in the Caspian Sea and other interested
companies consider at least one Ro-Ro ship on their operational fleet.