According to the information provided by the news portal of the Ports and Maritime Organization, Khosro Saraei, Director General of Transit, Logistics and International Agreements of the Ports and Maritime Organization, referring to the 9-point notification of the supreme leader of the revolution on the issue of marine-oriented development, stated in the group of reporters: in the past months, the Ports and Maritime Organization played a role in drafting this document and in the notifications of the CEO of Ports Organization has come to pay attention to this matter.
In response to the question that despite the existence of 15-16 maritime institutions and organizations and their islanding operation, what role will the Ports Organization play as the governance authority of the country's maritime sector in the subject of sea-oriented development? And what is the duty of the private sector? He said: in the first clause of the general policies of maritime-oriented development, integrated policymaking has been mentioned, and agile management, integration, and quick response are important in this matter, which is noted in the first clause of the published policies of the revolution leader.
He continued: 70 economic activities relate to the maritime and port, where transportation and shipping are just one of them. The maritime countries have not stopped in their territorial waters and are busy extracting minerals in the oceans outside of their 200 miles of privacy. Aquaculture, marine tourism, renewable and clean energy, seawater desalination, shipbuilding, etc. are part of the subject related to the marine-oriented economy. He also stated: UNCTAD has determined that in the economy, the marine economy helps the national economy and the economy stability. In the whole world, we have 3 trillion dollars of new marine investment.
Director General, stating that the Ports and Maritime Organization has played an essential role in the strategic area of Chabahar port, said: tariffs in Chabahar are competitive and we have more maritime activities in this port than last year. He added: the negotiations to attract investment in Iran's ports are ongoing. At the moment, Indians are present in the first phase of Chabahar port; however, this subject does not prevent the presence of other companies and countries in the next phases of investment in Chabahar, and we are ready to attract domestic and foreign investments. The active role of India and Russia in the North-South Corridor is related to the facilities we provide for them. The more facilities we provide in the North-South Corridor, the more the beneficiary countries will prefer to use the route.
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The Director General eventually pointed out: we have multimodal transportation within the country; however, the transit issue is a multimodal discussion and requires extensive coordination. The data and documents must be exchanged electronically in transportation, if the logistics standpoint takes place in the country, the development in this sector will be fast.