Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan.24
By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Iran's ports shipment capacity will reach 136 million tons by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), the Tasnim News Agency quoted Iran's Ports and Maritime organization head Mohammad Saeednejad as saying on Jan.24.
The figure is currently stands at 100 million tons, he said.
Shahid Rajaee port accounted for 87 percent of the total shipments during the first nine months of the current year, he added. Imam Khomeini, Amirabad, and Khorramshahr ports ranked the next, he noted.
More than 5.109 million tons of goods were transited via Iran's ports during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, ISNA quoted Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization official Sadollah Abdollahi as saying on Jan. 22.
The figure rose 23 percent compared with the same period last year, he added.
Imam Khomeini port accounted for 3.344 million tons of the transited goods, he noted.
In December 2013, the director of the roads maintenance organization said that over 8.9 million tons of goods were transited via Iran during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 21, an 11 percent rise year on year.
Davoud Keshavarzian told IRIB that some 96 percent of the goods were transited by road.
The transited consignments mostly consisted of fuel, construction materials, cotton, home appliances, vehicles, foodstuff and fertilizers, he noted.
Statistics show that over 11.6 million tons of goods were transited through Iran in the past Iranian calendar year.
More than 100 countries transited their goods via Iran. Iraq, China, the UAE, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan transited the highest amounts of goods.