Head of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization
(PMO) has said transit of goods through Iranian ports along the Caspian Sea has
increased by 70 percent in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March
21, 2022), the PMO portal reported.
“The
traffic of all kinds of foreign goods to the country's commercial ports this
year has increased between eight and 10 percent compared to the same period
last year, and at the same time, we were
able to record a 70 percent increase in transit from the Caspian Sea ports,”
Ali-Akbar Safai said on Saturday at an annual meeting of the PMO directors.
According
to Safaei, the total volume of the
export, import, and transit through the country’s ports is expected to exceed
210 million tons by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20).
Referring
to the PMO’s positive collaborations with the International Maritime
Organization (IMO), Safaei emphasized: “The
Islamic Republic of Iran, as one of the effective members of IMO, plays an
effective role in the formation of new maritime regulations and laws.”