Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern Hormozgan Province registered 472,933 TEUs in container throughput from the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21 to July 5, according to a local official.
“Of the total sum, 96,434 TEUs belonged to exports and 138,000 TEUs to imports. Container transit stood at 71,101 TEUs, indicating a 2% rise compared with the similar period of last year,” Alireza Mohammadi Karajiran was also quoted as saying by the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Maritime Organization.
Container transshipment from Shahid Rajaee to other ports stood at 74,804 TEUs during the same period, he added.
With a loading and unloading capacity of 6.5 million TEUs of containers per year, Shahid Rajaee, located 23 kilometers west of the port city of Bandar Abbas, the capital of Hormozgan Province, is considered Iran’s biggest container port and a major one in the region.
“Once the port’s development projects are concluded, the figure will rise to 8.5 TEUs per annum,” the official added.
With 18 gantry cranes and 40 berths, over half of Iran’s commercial trading is carried out at Shahid Rajaee.
Launched in 1985, the port has expanded every year. At present, it is connected to 80 ports worldwide and is considered the most advanced container port of Iran.
The significance of this port lies in its large capacity, including its location in the Persian Gulf, container terminal, fuel bunkering, access to 24 kilometers of railroads and round-the-clock truck transportation.
In terms of transit, Shahid Rajaee Special Economic Zone tops the list of Iranian customs terminals.
A total of 51 million tons of commodities were loaded and unloaded at Iran’s commercial ports during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), registering a 7% rise compared with the similar period of last year, latest figures released by the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran show.
The unloading of oil and non-oil products stood at 6.52 million tons and 12.13 million tons respectively.
The total unloading volume hit 18.66 million tons in Q1, registering a 10% year-on-year increase, the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development reported.
Around 18.92 million tons of oil products and 14.07 million tons of non-oil goods were loaded during the same period.
Total loading volume stood at 33.92 million tons, showing a 5% YOY rise.
Q1 container throughput stood at 622,524 TEUs, indicating a 12% YOY rise.
The 22 ports under study include Iran’s southern ports of Abadan, Imam Khomeini, Bushehr, Khorramshahr, Genaveh, Bandar Lengeh, Chavibdeh, Arvandkenar, Charak and Dayyer located on the shores of the Persian Gulf, Shahid Rajaee, Shahid Bahonar, Shahid Haqani, Qeshm and Tiab at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, Jask and Chabahar on the coasts of the Sea of Oman and the northern ports of Fereydounkenar, Noshahr, Astara, Amirabad and Anzali on the Caspian Sea shoreline.
