“The amount of unloading and loading, which is one of the
most important indicators for evaluating the performance of the country's
ports, has been the same this year as last year and has reached 211 million
tons,” Eslami said.
“In the transit sector, a 21 percent growth has been
achieved, and in the basic goods sector, the performance of the country's ports
has been reported to be 21 million tons,” he added.
Over 236 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded at
the Iranian ports under the supervision of the PMO in the past Persian calendar
year (ended on March 19).
The PMO announced in April that 236,512,240 tons of
commodities were loaded and unloaded at the Iranian ports in the said period,
showing a 10% hike compared to a year earlier.
Also, over 29 million tons of oil products were unloaded at
the Iranian ports from March 21, 2023, to March 19, 2024.
In this period, over 51 million tons of non-oil goods were
unloaded at the ports.
Totally, more than 80 million tons of oil- and non-oil goods
were unloaded at the Iranian ports in the previous Iranian calendar year.
More than 81 million tons of oil products were loaded at the
ports from March 21, 2023, to March 19, 2024, while over 74 million tons of
non-oil goods were loaded at the country’s ports.
In total, over 155 million tons of oil- and non-oil goods
were loaded at the Iranian ports in the last Iranian calendar year.
The loading and unloading of goods in the containerized
operation sector registered a five percent growth in the 12-month period
compared to a year before.