PMO News Portal - Reporting on the performance of the first
nine months of this year, Saeed Kia Kajouri stated: since the beginning of this
year (Iranian calendar) to the end of December, the number of commercial ships
entering the ports of Nowshahr and Fereydounkenar was 444, which is a 27
percent increase compared to the same period last year.
He listed 137 inspections to confirm the authenticity of
vessels and boats and the issuance of 243 certificates for various types of
vessels as other measures taken by the Vessel Registration and Inspection
Department in the first nine months of this year.
Kia Kajouri added: Also, in order to increase maritime
safety and implement international requirements, laws, guidelines, and
conventions, 211 inspections of foreign and flagged ships were carried out by
ship control and inspection officers during this period.