A total of 2.4 million tons of commodities were loaded and unloaded in Amirabad Port in the northern province of Mazandaran during the last Iranian year (March 2020-21), according to the director general of the port.
“Close to 1.9 million tons of the overall sum pertained to unloading [imports] of goods and nearly 500,000 tons to loading [exports],” Mohammad Ali Asl-Saeidipour was also quoted as saying by the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
The official noted that the throughput was transported by 650 vessels over the period under review.
“Container loading and unloading in this northern ports stood at 918 TEUs,” he added.
Saeidipour said rail transport to and from Amirabad Port over the period reached close to 70,000 tons, showing a 104% upsurge compared with the year before.
Mazandaran has three ports, namely Amirabad, Noshahr and Fereydounkenar, with the first being the most active in the region. In fact, Amirabad is the largest port facility on the Caspian shore and the third largest in Iran.
A total of 3.6 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded at Amirabad Port in the fiscal 2019-20.
A contract was signed in 2020 for the construction of a silo with a storage capacity of 30,000 tons of grains in Amirabad Port.
According to Director of Amirabad Special Economic Zone Mohammad Ali Saeedi, the contract is in the form of a BOT (build, operation and transfer).
The project is expected to be completed within two years.
“Presently, Amirabad has the capacity to store 235,000 tons of grains. More silos with a collective capacity to store another 235,000 tons are under construction,” the official was quoted as saying by IRNA.
The new silo will be built on 7,000 square meters of land and create 12 direct jobs for local people.
