Mohammad Shakibi-Nasab, the director-general of the Ports
and Maritime Department of Bushehr province, said that five million tons of
commodities were loaded and unloaded in Bushehr port during the nine-month
period.
He also mentioned the growth of loading and unloading of
container goods in the first nine months of this year, and said that 53,000
TEUs of container cargoes were unloaded and loaded in Bushehr port during the
mentioned time span, showing 35 percent growth year on year.
All of these activities have made Bushehr port more
prosperous and created jobs and increased the income of this port, the official
further highlighted.
During this period, 20.83 million tons of oil goods and
39.55 million tons of non-oil goods were unloaded, bringing total unloading
operations to 60.38 million tons. Cargo loading operations included 58.84
million tons of oil goods and 55.77 million tons of non-oil goods, totaling
114.61 million tons, IRNA reported.
Combined loading and unloading operations amounted to 174.99
million tons, with 79.67 million tons of oil goods and 95.32 million tons of
non-oil goods.
Additionally, Iran’s ports handled 2.33 million TEUs
(twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers during this period, reflecting a
14 percent increase compared to 2.05 million TEUs in the same period last year.