Hormozgan Ports Throughput Increases 4.1%

Close to 8.22 million tons of oil and non-oil goods were loaded and unloaded in Hormozgan Province’s ports during the first month of the current Iranian year (March 21-April 20), registering a 4.1% increase compared with the similar period of the year before. The announcement was made by director general of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Organization, Allah-Morad Afifipour, the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development reported.
“Non-oil goods accounted for more than 5.17 million tons of the total sum and the rest were oil products,” he said. “Over the one-month period, close to 2.85 million tons of non-oil and around 1.19 million tons of oil products were exported from Hormozgan ports to register a 15.4% and 7.6% growth respectively,” he said.  Afifipour said that during the same period, container throughput stood at 173,807 TEUs.