Iranian Port Throughput Up 11% to Near 130 Million Tons in 8 Months

A total of 129.03 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded in Iran’s southern and northern ports during the current fiscal year’s first eight months (March 21-Oct. 22) to register an 11% rise compared with the similar period of last year, latest data released by the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran show.
Non-oil goods accounted for 68.56 million tons and oil products for 60.47 million tons of the total throughput, registering a 13% and 9% increase year-on-year.
The throughput involved 81.5 million tons of loading and 47.53 million tons of unloading, each indicating an 11% growth.