BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 19. The volume of cargo loaded and unloaded at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee port in the Hormozgan Province (southern Iran) increased by 11.6 percent for the 4th month of the current Iranian year (June 22 through July 22, 2023), compared to the same month last year, Trend reports.
According to the statistics of the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), nearly 6.84 million tons of cargo were loaded and unloaded at the Shahid Rajaee port in the 4th month. So, about 3.79 million tons were loaded and 3.05 million tons were unloaded.
Over the 4th month, about 3.5 million tons of cargo were exported and 1.1 million tons were imported through the Shahid Rajaee port.
Also, 122,000 tons of cargo were loaded and around 394,000 tons were unloaded at the port for transit during the reporting month.
In addition, 74,200 tons of cargo were loaded and approximately 1.42 million tons were unloaded at the port for cabotage during the 4th month.
Within the 4th month, 87,400 tons of cargo were loaded and 105,000 tons were unloaded in this port for transshipment.
At the same time, 1,540 tons of cargo were loaded and 31,200 tons were unloaded in the port for other purposes.
Some 177,000 tons of essential products, 601,000 tons of metal products, 1.55 million tons of construction and mining materials, and 4,200 tons of equipment, vehicles, and spare parts were loaded and unloaded at the Shahid Rajaee port in the 4th month of the current Iranian year.
Moreover, 56,400 tons of chemicals, 654 tons of leather goods, clothing, fibers, paper, and wood materials, 9,300 tons of small and assorted products, 2.05 million tons of container products, and approximately 2.4 million tons of crude oil and oil products were loaded and unloaded in this port within the mentioned month.
In total, 12.1 million tons of cargo were loaded and unloaded in Iranian ports in the 4th month of the current Iranian year. Of that, 6.95 million tons were loaded and 5.18 million tons were unloaded. This is a decrease of 1.6 percent compared to the same month in the last Iranian year.
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