PMO News Portal - Pointing
out that the port of Imam Khomeini is located at the northwestern part of the
Persian Gulf and at the end of the natural waterway of Khormousa, 90 km from
the center of Khuzestan province, Adel Deriss stated that This waterway is 42
miles long with a width of at least 250 meters and an average depth of 20
meters has provided a calm and safe route for all kinds of commercial
ocean-going ships and oil tankers to all parts of the world.
Imam Khomeini Port is one of the largest and most important
commercial ports in Iran with a total area of 11 million square meters which
handles about half of non-oil exports of the country annually.
Due to its special economic and geopolitical location, Imam
Khomeini Port is considered as the closest southern port of Iran to the countries
of Turkey, Iraq and the Persian Gulf states. In addition, top notch marine
equipment, transportation, transit and international railways make it possible
for neighboring countries to transit goods at a lower cost through this port.