The Director General of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Affairs: More than one million tons of various goods were transported via rail in Shahid Rajaee Port in the first nine months of this year (Iranian calendar), which is a 123 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
The Director General of Ports and Maritime Affairs of Mazandaran Province: commercial ships calling at ports of Noshahr and Fereydounkenar in the first nine months of this year (Iranian calendar) has increased by 27 percent compared to the same period last year.
"Our Ocean, Our Obligation, Our Opportunity" is IMO's World Maritime Day theme for 2025, which will culminate in the celebration of World Maritime Day on 25 September 2025.
The Islamic Republic of Iran's commercial attaché in Qatar, while referring to the development of trade interactions between Iran and Qatar, announced a 53 percent increase in trade between the two countries in the first nine months of Iranian calendar.
As announced by a provincial official, the loading and unloading of goods in Bushehr port, in the southwest of Iran, rose 52 percent during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20- December 21, 2024), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.
The Director of Shahid Bahonar and ports in East of Hormozgan Province Ports and Maritime Affairs announced a 28 percent increase in the unloading and loading of oil and non-oil goods and a 56 percent increase in non-oil transit at these ports in the first 9 months of this year (Iranian Calendar)
The Director General of Ports and Maritime Affairs of Gilan Province announced a 34 percent increase in goods transit through Anzali Port Complex in the first 9 months of this year (Iranian calendar) compared to the same period last year.
The Director General of Economic and Regional Affairs of the Ports and Maritime Organization announced the attraction of investments worth over 2,200 trillion rials in 362 active contracts with the private sector in the country's ports as of December 2024
The Deputy for Maritime Affairs at Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization has expressed hope that the Caspian Sea international cruise route along its coasts will be launched within the next three months.
Ali Akbar Safaee, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and Managing Director of the Ports and Maritime Organization, congratulated those involved in the transportation industry, especially maritime transport activists, on the occasion of National Transportation Day.
Speaking in a seminar on maritime transportation held at the Expediency Council's compound on Saturday, the PMO Managing director Ali Akbar Safaei said that there has been great investment in developing maritime transportation by the Iranian government.
The member of the executive board and deputy for maritime affairs of the Ports and Maritime Organization reported on the details of the launch and operation of the Kish-Lengeh sea passenger line noting that a new passenger line for port of Boumusa is on the agenda of the Ports and Maritime Organization.
The Deputy Director of Technical and Maintenance of the General Directorate of Ports and Maritime Affairs of Hormozgan announced the operation to upgrade the gantry cranes No. 7 (RTG) using the capabilities of domestic experts at Shahid Rajaee Port.
Officials from Iran, India, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan in the third joint working group exchanged their views regarding the facilitating the trade transactions and transiting and transporting goods through Chabahar Port.
The Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and the managing directir of the Ports and Maritime Organization announced the election of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the Vice Chairman of the ROPME Sea Area HC (RSAHC) by winning an absolute majority of votes.
The Iranian Shipowners' Union issued a statement condemning the European Union's sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran's shipping industry
Figures show that loading of crude oil and petroleum products in the Iranian ports reached just more than 46.075 million metric tons (mt) in the seven months to October 21.
Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) and the National Investments Agency of Kyrgyzstan approved an MoU for the development of the southern ports of Iran.
Based on the data released by Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry, the container operation has increased five percent in the ports of country during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.
As announced by a provincial official, the loading and unloading of goods in Imam Khomeini port, in the southwestern Khuzestan province, increased by 10.5 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), as compared to the first half of the past year.