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Anzali

Anzali Port is a seaport located in the city of Anzali in the Gilan province of Iran. It is situated on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, and is an important transportation hub for the region. The port is connected to the city by a network of roads and railways, and serves as a major gateway for the import and export of goods to and from Iran.

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...

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...

Kotlin Shipping Company to start container service linking Europe via Caspian Sea

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – The Kotlin Shipping Company will start a container service linking the EU and Russia with Asia via the...

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...

Aktau port cargo results for the first seven months of 2020 improve

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) August 31, 2020 – The total cargo handled in the port of Aktau in the first seven months of 2020 was 1.979 million tons,...

Iran’s Anzali port sees 58% growth in traffic in Jan-Apr 2020

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) August 14, 2020 – In the first four months of 2020, cargo traffic increased by 58% to 556,000 tons. Exports were up by 54% and...

Analysis – Russia “discovers” its strategic Caspian Sea ports

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – After years of neglect, it seems that Moscow is slowly discovering the potential of its three Caspian Sea...

Iran and Russia to start joint Caspian Sea shipping line

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – Moscow and Tehran have agreed to launch a new Caspian Sea shipping service between Russia’s port of...

Amirabad Port has 52% of traffic among the northern ports of Iran

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, 844,869 tons of goods handled in Amirabad port, a 52% share of the total volume...

Azerbaijan and Iran to set up a joint logistics centre in Iran’s Ardabil province

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – Azerbaijan and Iran are planning to set up a joint logistics centre together with an industrial area in...

Iran continues dry port development

Aprin, Iran (Ports Europe) April 27, 2020 – The country’s largest inland, dry port, Aprin, has received a boost from an agreement between country’s...

16% increase port traffic in last Iranian calendar year

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 23, 2020 – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister, Mohammad Eslami, has reported that the capacity of...

RZD International to stop operations in Iran

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 6, 2020 – Russian Railways division RZD International, a special purpose engineering company, has announced that it...

Analysis – Strategic and overambitious Iranian move in Russian Caspian, financed by China, or much ado about nothing

Lagan, Russia (Ports Europe) March 23 – A group of Iranian companies, financed by China, wants to invest in the development of the small southern Russian...

Russia and India progress International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) transport

New Delhi, India, (Ports Europe) March 19, 2020 – CONCOR (Container Corporation of India Ltd) and Russian Railways Logistics (RZD) have signed an...

International North–South Transport Corridor attracts further regional interest

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 25, 2020 – Both Iran and Pakistan have shown interest in becoming linked to the International North–South...

Analysis – Iran intends to improve port rail connections to develop international trade

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – The state-owned Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) is planning a local conference to discuss...

Russian and Iranian ports discuss cooperation

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2019 – The head of Gilan Ports and Maritime Administration, Iran, Hamidreza Abaei, has met with the...

Ukraine and Iran ministers look to transport cooperation

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – On November 1, 2019, Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Kricliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and...

Iran plans Caspian Sea Ro-Ro terminal operations and trade with Russia

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) September 18, 2019 – The Caspian Sea port city of Anzali is set to be the location of new Ro-Ro terminal operations in Iran....

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