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 and Cuba have signed an agreement on ports cooperation
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 20, 2022 – Iran and Cuba have signed an agreement on maritime and ports cooperation. the agreement was signed at a...
Iran’s Amirabad port seeks private investment
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) May 6, 2022 – With the implementation of policies and strategic plans of the Ports and Maritime Organization, over 454 billion...
Iranian ports see commercial traffic up +14%
A total of 205.34 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded in Iran’s 22 commercial ports in the last Iranian year (March 2021-22), registering a 14%...
Lebanon allows Iran to resume port visits
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) March 31, 2022 – Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamiyeh, has held a meeting with a delegation from Irisl, the...
Iran’s ports increase cargo handling in current calendar year
Tehran, Iran, (Ports Europe) March 1, 2022 – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported that in the period (March 21, 2021-February...
Ports of the province of Gilan handled a total of 1.32 million tons of goods in the current Iranian year’s first nine months
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – The ports of the Caspian Sea province of Gilan handled a total of 1.32 tons of goods in the current...
First cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran reaches Ankara
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – Yesterday, the first cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran (ITI) reached Ankara via...
Iran’s Amirabad port reports increased investment and cargo traffic
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – Director General of Amirabad Ports and Maritime, Mohammad Ali Asl Saeedipoor, has said that Amirabad is now...
Iran to use its Caspian ports to export fruits and vegetables to Russia, bypassing Azerbaijan
Anzali, Iran (Ports Europe) December 27 – Iranian companies-exporters of fruits and vegetables want to supply products to Russia through the Caspian Sea,...
Container terminal in Syria’s port of Latakia, controlled by Iran, hit by an Israeli missile strike
Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – The container storage area of Syria’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea port of Latakia was hit by an Israeli...
Iran’s Anzali Caspian Sea port sees cargo traffic up over 12%
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 1, 2021 – In the first eight months of the Iranian year, March 21-Nov. 21, the Iranian port of Anzali handled 1.28...
Iran plans shipping services to Northern Caspian Sea port
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – The Tehran Times has reported that Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) has signed an agreement with...
TRACECA and Iran hold talks
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 13, 2021 – Asset Assavbayev, TRACECA Secretary General and Seyed Abbas Mousavi, Ambassador Extraordinary and...
Iranian transit cargo increased in first half
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) September 9, 2021 – In the fifth month of the current Iranian calendar year (July 23-August 22), the transit of cargo...
Iran’s Astara port increases exports
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) September 9, 2021 – The Iranian Caspian Sea port of Astara increased exports by 13% in the first five months of the current...
91% growth in exports of non-oil goods through Iran’s Anzali port complex
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) has reported that in the first 5 months of this year,...
Iranian ports see 14% growth by end-August 2021
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – The Director General of Port Affairs of the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), Ravanbakhsh Behzadian,...
Non-oil exports from Anzali port complex increases
Anzali, Iran (Ports Europe) July 21, 2021 – In the first quarter of Iranian calendar year non-oil exports from the Anzali port complex in Gilan province...
Iranian ports operational capacity reaches 285 million tons
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) July 21, 2021 – Mohammad Eslami, Minister of Roads and Urban Development, has said that the operational capacity of Iranian...
Iran and Syria seek to develop marine and port cooperation
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) June 28, 2021 – The Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported that Tehran and Syria are discussing the need to...