Shahid Rajaee Port’s Rail Cargo Transport Grows to 5.5 Million Tons

A total of 5.52 million tons of commodities were transported via railroad to and from Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern Hormozgan Province in the last Iranian year (March 2020-21), registering a 3.72% increase compared with the year before, according to the director general of the province’s Ports and Maritime Organization.
“The number of wagons carrying this volume of goods marked a year-on-year increase of 13.2%,” Alireza Mohammadi Karajiran was also quoted as saying by the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
With 12 wharfs, Shahid Rajaee is Iran’s biggest container port, accounting for 90% of the country’s total container throughput.