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Iran

Iran is an Islamic Republic located in both Southwest Asia and the Middle East. It borders the Caspian Sea to the North. It has state borders with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. For political reasons, Iran is subject to widespread international sanctions. It is currently trying to improve relations with Russia to develop north-south trade cross the Caspian Sea. (Updated 04.07.2022)

Iran’s Caspian Sea merchant fleet comprises 87 ships

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – The country has recently increased the number of ships in its Caspian Sea merchant fleet to 87 vessels,...

Iran: Seaports cargo report – November 2024

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) December 10, 2024 – The Iranian Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) has reported Iran’s port cargo statistics for...

Russia and Iran are leaving Syria

Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 6, 2024 – Iran and Russia began to evacuate their military personnel, embassy staff and citizens from Syria on December...

Iran: Seaports cargo report – October 2024

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) November 26, 2024 – The Iranian Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) has reported Iran’s port cargo statistics for October...

Iran and Kyrgyzstan agree on southern ports agreement

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) and the National Investments Agency of Kyrgyzstan have agreed...

EU sanctions Iran’s Caspian ports of Amirabad and Anzali

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – The European Union (EU) sanctioned Iran’s Caspian Sea ports of Amirabad and Anzali on November 18 and...

Putin’s aid visits drone-hit Kaspiysk and Makhachkala

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – Nine days after the devastating attack against the Russian Caspian Sea naval base of Kaspiysk, 18...

Can Iran control Russia’s to be privatised Caspian port of Makhachkala?

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – Iran seems to be throwing its hat in the ring for the long-delayed privatisation of Russia’s only...

Iran: Seaports cargo report – September 2024

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – The Iranian Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) has reported Iran’s port cargo statistics for...

WSJ: Russia helps Houthi assault global shipping

New York, United States (Ports Europe) October 27, 2024 – Under the headline Russia provided data for Houthi assault on global shipping,...

Iran seeks port investment

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – Iran is seeking investment of 600 trillion rials (about $1.2 billion) in its private ports, according to...

Beirut port moving cargo out, but is operational

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) October 13, 2024 – The Beirut Port Authority is trying to remove as much cargo from the port as possible in anticipation...

U.S. project for undersea cable security targets Russia, China, Iran

Washington DC, United States (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – The “Undersea Cable Security and Protection Act” was introduced by the Republican party...

Putin alarmed by shrinking Caspian Sea, but no way to prevent it

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – After decades of ignoring the shallowing of the Caspian Sea, Russia has suddenly started looking for...

Russia’s Astrakhan ports cargo keeps growing from a small base

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Astrakhan and Olya for January-July 2024 increased...

Update: Iran wants naval and military bases in Syria

Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – Different Syrian and other media sources claim that Iran is seeking to expand a small naval base it...

Landlocked Kyrgyzstan wants to invest in Iran’s Shahid Rajaei port

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – The landlocked Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan is looking for ways to invest in infrastructure...

Iran’s ports handled 76.3 mln tonnes of cargo in Mar-Jul 2024

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The total cargo turnover of Iran’s ports in the four months of the current Iranian calendar year...

Iran tries to develop its ports despite sanctions

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Iran’s Ports & Maritime Organisation (PMO), the government body in charge of developing and managing...

Iran’s Caspian ports improve cargo results

Nowshahr, Iran (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Iran’s Caspian Sea ports of Nowshahr (Now Shahr, Noshahr) and Fereydoonkenar (Fereydun Kenar), in the...

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