TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Iran's embassy in Libya announced that last Wednesday, the first Iranian ship docked at Libya's Misrata Port after nearly ten years.
17 July 2023 - 9:09
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A major part of the disputes between Iran and India has been settled regarding the development of the Chabahar Port, the chief executive of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) said.
17 July 2023 - 9:06
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – A ship operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has docked and unloaded at a port in Libya amid Iran’s efforts to increase its export activity in Africa.
17 July 2023 - 8:51
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Referring to the annual docking of 130,000 vessels at Iran’s ports, a deputy minister of roads and urban development said foreign investment has been made under FDI in the shipping, port and logistics fields despite the sanctions imposed against the country.
17 July 2023 - 8:50
Mrs. Mandana Mansoorian, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the International Maritime Organization and Vice-Chair of the IMO Technical Cooperation Committee, has passed away.
28 February 2023 - 20:09
India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has announced that the country will build a new container transshipment terminal, the Galathea Bay Transshipment Port. In a statement, the ministry said a transshipment hub in India would “attract Indian and regional transshipment traffic from the current hubs, save significant revenue loss, reduce logistics inefficiencies for Indian trade, reduce risks to the country’s export competitiveness and create an opportunity for India to become a large hub for Asia-Africa, Asia-US/Europe container traffic trade.”
6 February 2023 - 15:20
A fire that broke out during the maiden voyage of the world's first liquified hydrogen (LH2) carrier gas carrier Suiso Frontier was caused by an onboard electrical issue, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation found
6 February 2023 - 15:18
India, the fastest growing major economy in the world, is seeing ever greater volumes of large boxships visiting its shores, necessitating the construction of far larger ports.
6 February 2023 - 15:17
DP World won a major concession to develop and operate a new mega-container terminal in northwest India which will be part of the strategic investment required to support India’s ambitions to increase global trade. The new facility when completed will be able to handle ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) and add a capacity for handling 2.19 million TEU in an emerging industrial region with a strategic position close to the Gulf of Oman.
6 February 2023 - 15:15
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and trading company Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced they have received approval in principle (AIP) from classification society ClassNK for the design of a large ammonia-powered bulk carrier.
28 January 2023 - 14:49
Mining company Anglo American announced that its newly launched liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fueled Capesize+ vessel, the Ubuntu Harmony, has loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba operations in South Africa.
28 January 2023 - 14:45
The Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) as the duly authorized maritime administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran released a statement and explained about the registration of Iranian-related vessels by the Government of Panama, widely covered by Iranian and international media.
23 January 2023 - 14:22
Transporting potentially explosive lithium-ion batteries on vessels is a dangerous business, as incidents in recent years have shown. An investigation by the United States Coast Guard into a freight container that caught fire on a US highway in 2021 attributed the blaze to a batch of lithium-ion batteries. The cargo ignited while enroute to the Port of Virginia, where it was to be shipped to China aboard a container vessel.
16 January 2023 - 12:52
Port operator Yilport Holding is entering the African port industry with an investment in the Takoradi Port in Ghana. The Turkish company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ibis Tek to establish a 70/30 joint venture that will invest in and operate the port located in the western region of Ghana and in the industrial district of Sekondi-Takoradi.
16 January 2023 - 12:50
Dubai-based terminal operator DP World is joining forces with Danish liner giant A.P. Moller – Maersk to boost operational efficiencies and deliver decarbonisation solutions at Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates.
16 January 2023 - 12:48
A large container feeder lost stability and capsized in half at a private jetty on DP World’s MICT Terminal at Mundra Port on 7 January.
10 January 2023 - 14:14
Washington, Singapore/Brussels, 16 December 2022 – In its first in-person session in three years, the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee 79 (MEPC 79) addressed a broad array of issues, taking important steps forward on the path to impactful regulation to drive the decarbonisation of shipping.
8 January 2023 - 16:02
Global schedule reliability figures were up once again in November 2022 according to last month’s analysis from Sea-Intelligence.
8 January 2023 - 16:00
The European Union has decided to extend its Naval Force Operation Atalanta off the coast of Africa for two years despite the removal of the designation of a piracy high risk area for Somalia and the region of the Indian Ocean. The EU military maritime operation will now run until December 31, 2024.
8 January 2023 - 15:58
Shanghai retained its position as the world’s busiest container port for the thirteenth consecutive year in 2022 despite emerging challenges from other ports including in China and Singapore’s new Tuas facility which began operations in 2022. Preliminary figures from Chinese officials show that Shanghai’s overall container volume remained stable for the year which represents a significant recovery from the spring of 2022 when volumes were constrained by lockdowns in the city and restrictions on the movement of trucks and cargo.
4 January 2023 - 15:07
Ali Akbar Safaei, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and CEO of the Ports and Maritime Organization. In a message, congratulated the birth of the Prophet Jesus (PBUH) and the beginning of the new year.
1 January 2023 - 10:39
The acting head of the Iranian Marine Industrial Company (IMIC), Meysam Rayatazad has said that a Russian bulk carrier is being repaired in Iran after being damaged by chunks of ice on the Volga River.
1 January 2023 - 1:04
Fixed container securing arrangements on containership APL England were in poor state of repair and corroded prior to loss of dozens containers in heavy seas off Sydney, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation found.
17 December 2022 - 15:49
Efforts are getting underway for the removal of the wrecked bulker OS 35 that beached five months ago after a collision off Gibraltar. Specialized assets are underway toward Gibraltar for the salvage operation which is expected to commence early in 2023.
17 December 2022 - 15:48
A deal is being put together that would see APM Terminals get an extension on its concession in Salalah in return for investments in new equipment backed by a volume guarantee from Maersk.
17 December 2022 - 15:46
The U.S. Coast Guard completed its investigation into the grounding of the Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay finding a clear case of human error with a pilot that was distracted as the vessel was due to make a critical turn. The Maryland pilot who was guiding the vessel on its voyage from Baltimore has had his license suspended and is potentially facing civil liabilities for causing the grounding.
7 December 2022 - 15:46
A new direct route linking India with the West Mediterranean will launch in the middle of December, according to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).
7 December 2022 - 10:55
OPUS Terminal was successfully implemented at Qinzhou Automated Container Terminal on 28 June, 2022, announced CyberLogitec.
7 December 2022 - 10:52
Some 15 empty containers fell from a wharf at Singapore’s Keppel Terminal as a result of strong winds.
7 December 2022 - 10:47
Oil tankers formed a traffic jam off the coast of Turkey on day one of the West's price cap on Russian crude, with Ankara insisting on new proof of insurance for all vessels, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
6 December 2022 - 13:39
All 17 seafarers have been rescued from a sinking vehicle carrier off Indonesia.
3 December 2022 - 12:11
Qatar aspires to be a global gas power by making substantial investments in hundreds of vessels capable of transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), mentioned the energy minister of Qatar on Tuesday.
3 December 2022 - 10:14
Three migrants rescued in Spain's Canary Islands, after apparently enduring an 11-day journey from Nigeria crouched on the rudder of a fuel tanker, should now be returned home under stowaway laws, a police spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.
3 December 2022 - 10:12
The Italian Navy is assisting the South Korean product tanker B. Ocean that was robbed and left disabled by pirates last week in the Gulf of Guinea. After attempting to proceed under its own power to Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire it was determined that the tanker requires assistance and is not expected to reach port till mid-week.
3 December 2022 - 10:08
Maersk will launch a new ocean shipping service the Shaheen Express.
29 November 2022 - 13:20
A Kazakh delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin visited the Bandar Abbas port in early November 2022.
28 November 2022 - 11:58
The Tomsk province of Russia’s head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, accompanied by the Director General of Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province, visited the infrastructure and capabilities of the Anzali port complex, referring to the development of trade exchanges and bilateral cooperation between Iran and Russia, said:” we are so interested in holding an exhibition in order to Introduce the products and commercial goods of Tomsk province of Russia in Gilan province.”
22 November 2022 - 21:26
Maersk cautioned of increasingly challenging times ahead for the shipping industry reporting that its volumes were off in the latest quarter and that is clear that freight rates have peaked. Seen as a bellwether for global trade and the economy, Maersk’s latest quarterly financial report added to the growing fears for a global recession.
9 November 2022 - 20:18
The vice economic of president referring Qataris welcome for the joint investment development with Bushehr province, said:” Economic cooperation between Iran and Qatar will strengthen through Bushehr province.”
6 November 2022 - 10:40
Germany's federal government has resolved an internal debate and will allow China COSCO to buy a stake in a Hamburg container terminal, despite national security concerns, according to German paper Suddeutsche Zeitung.
2 November 2022 - 15:36
Daniyal Ebraif, Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Union and Trade Council in the meeting that was held with Jalil Eslami, the deputy of port and economic affairs of the Ports and Maritime Organization, informed about the interest of this union for transit investment in Iranian ports and the development of port and maritime cooperation.
29 October 2022 - 16:53
A member of the Representative assembly of Gilan Province in the Islamic Consultative Assembly Emphasizing that continuous and timely dredging of the country's ports can boost the country's maritime transport, said: "The dredging of Astara port by the Ports and Maritime Organization is a very positive event for the northern ports of the country."
1 October 2022 - 15:52
The Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) of the Islamic Republic of Iran published a statement and elaborated on the latest status of the seized cargo of two tanker vessels MT Delta Poseidon and MT Prudent Warrior, and their crews.
14 September 2022 - 12:29
An Iranian knowledge-based company receives the approval of GESAMP for the ballast water treatment system.
7 September 2022 - 16:14
Transit of goods via Iran’s commercial ports has increased by 44 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), according to the head of the country’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO).
2 August 2022 - 14:51
Director General of Khuzestan Ports and Maritime Affairs: the construction of three fully mechanized grain terminals in the Special Economic Zone of Imam Khomeini Port will add more than 12 million tons to the dynamic capacity of the Special Economic Zone of Imam Khomeini Port.
16 July 2022 - 9:56
The latest update on the progress of the third phase of Shahid Rajai port complex development plan shows an increase in the nominal unloading and loading capacity of the container terminal of this port from 6.3 million to 8.4 million TEU.
11 July 2022 - 9:58
Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban development: new investment projects in Imam Khomeini Port complex will create many job opportunities and bring about economic prosperity of the region.
9 July 2022 - 11:50
PMO’s Managing Director: The transit of 10 million tons of cargo from Russia through Iran to the Persian Gulf countries, the Oman Sea and the Indian Ocean is underway.
9 July 2022 - 11:49
Container transit at Shahid Rajaei port increased by 2 percent within the last 4 months
9 July 2022 - 11:48