BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 4. Car transit through Iran’s Bandar Lengeh port in Hormozgan Province (southern Iran) rose by 26 percent, during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through November 21, 2023), compared to the same period last year, Director of Hormozgan Province Ports and Maritime Department Morteza Salari said, Trend reports.
The director stated that 132,363 cars were transited to Central Asian countries and Iraq via Iran’s Bandar Lengeh port in 8 months.
Salari also said that around 300,000 tons of cargo were transited from the western ports of Iran's Hormozgan Province over the course of eight months, representing a 31-percent increase from the same period last Iranian year.
The Bandar Lengeh port in Iran's Hormozgan Province is considered the second most important port after Bandar Abbas port.
In total, nearly 11 million tons of cargo were transited via Iran during the first 8 months of the this Iranian year.
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