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 Amirabad ports sees increased exports
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) June 20, 2021 – The Port and Economic Affairs of the General Directorate of Ports and Maritime of Amirabad has reported that...
Iranian ports increase cargo handling
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 11, 2021 – From the beginning of this year (Iranian year) to May 10, the volume of unloading and loading cargo operations...
Iran’s Astara port increase exports
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) March 4, 2021 – Exports from Astara port in Northern Iran has increased 82% since the beginning of current Iranian calendar...
Iran to start cargo service to Lattakia port, Syria
Lattakia, Syria (PortSEurope) February 15, 2021 – Local sources in Iran are reporting that Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines Group (IRISL) will...
Rail cargo transport between Iran and Turkey set to grow
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry has said that a recent memorandum of understanding signed in a...
Iran’s Astara terminal sees increased cargo handling
Astara, Iran (PortSEurope) January 8, 2021 – ADY Express LLC, operator of the Astara cargo terminal in Iran, has reported increased cargo handling by the...
Iran’s Anzali and Astara ports report increased cargo traffic
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – Gilan Province’s Ports and Maritime Department has reported that 1.033 million TEUs of goods have been...
Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18 metres...
Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad container rail service set to resume
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 18, 2020 – Following a meeting at the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the national railways of Turkey,...
Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a...
Iran’s Astara port develops cargo transit role
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – Astara port on Iran’s Caspian Sea coast has developed regular weekly cargo services to nearby...
Caspian Container Lines tests Iran-Russia service
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 – Iran and Russia agreed to launch a container shipping line in the Caspian Sea by September to expand...
Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...
Eurasia; New export gateway from Iranian ports
Director General of Amirabad Ports and Maritime office: Exports to Eurasian countries is the new gateway to neutralize sanctions on Iran’s economy...
New berths for general cargo, grain and oil in Iran’s Anzali port
Anzali, Iran (PortSEurope) November 19, 2020 – Several new projects have been inaugurated in the Iran’s Caspian Sea port of Anzali, 370 km north of the...
Azerbaijan and Turkey gain a direct road link from the Nagorno-Karabakh war
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – Lost in the small print of the ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, that ended six weeks of...
Kazakh ships to gain faster access to Russian rivers for shipment of goods from and to Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – Kazakhstani companies will gain faster and easier access to inland waterways (navigable rivers) in Russia...
Private investment in Iran’s Astara port reach €1.7 million
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Kianoush Amiri, head of Astara Ports and Maritime Organization, has reported that Iran’s private sector...
Analysis – Russia to develop modern container terminals in the Caspian Sea and Volga river
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – There are no modern Russian container terminals on the Caspian Sea and the Volga river and it looks like...
Azerbaijan and Iran discuss port cooperation
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – Baku International Sea Trade Port, the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran and the State Maritime...