Uptick in Iranian Commercial Ports Activity

A total of 13.8 million tons of commodities were loaded and unloaded in Iran’s commercial ports during the first 40 days of the current Iranian year (March 20-April 30).
The throughput shows a 2.2% rise compared with the similar period of last year, data recently released by the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development show.
Container shipping stood at 1.72 million tons, solid and liquid bulk cargo transport at 4.41 million tons and 410,000 tons respectively, general cargo at 1.8 million tons and oil products at 5.5 million tons.