Marine Transport

The number of new orders for waterborne vessels placed with workshops located in Hormozgan Province in the four months since March 21 has increased 327% compared with the same period of last…

Roads and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami inaugurated a 50,000-ton container wharf on Negin Island in Bushehr Province.  The project was carried out by the Islamic Revolution…

A memorandum of understanding for the construction of 44 vessels worth €140 million was signed by Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Amir Hatami and Roads and Urban Development…

Around 88.37 million tons of commodities were loaded and unloaded in Iran’s 17 major ports during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21) to register a 13.3%…

Iran International Maritime and Offshore Technologies Exhibition, also known as IRANIMEX 2018, opens at the Kish International Exhibition Center on Kish Island today and will run for three days…

The 13th International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures (aka 'ICOPMAS 2018') concluded in Tehran on Wednesday.  Mohammad Rastad, the head of Ports and Maritime…

All Iranian exporters and importers can now employ cheaper foreign currency rates used in the government's system for registering trade when using maritime and port services.

As unilateral US sanctions against Iran snap back, pressuring the country's limited foreign currency reserves, the Islamic Republic is increasingly paying attention to marine travel as a major…

Less than a fortnight before the first wave of US sanctions hit Iran on August 6, Hapag-Lloyd, the multinational German-based transportation company said it will increase its cargo and container…

The construction of a roll on/roll off (ro-ro) facility in Amirabad Port in the northern Mazandaran Province, which will enable freight trains to dock near commercial ships for the loading and…

CIECH Trading, Poland’s largest distributor of raw materials and chemical products, is willing to cooperate with the National Iranian Tanker Co. in marine transportation.

Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization is planning to expand the capacity of Iranian commercial ports from the current 209 million tons to 217 million tons, managing director of the organization…