Iran’s Transportation Capacity via Sea Increases by 6,000 Tons
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An official at Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) said that 6,000 tons was added to the country’s existing trade capacity after the first ship carrying public goods joined the Caspian Sea fleet.
In the early days of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2024) and in line with promoting the quality and renovating and developing the maritime fleet of the country in the Caspian Sea, an equipped vessel with the capacity of transporting more than 6,000 tons of goods was joined the nationwide trade fleet, the head of the PMO for maritime affairs stated, according to IRNA.
Allah Morad Afifi went on to say that materializing the development of sea-based objectives and increasing the maritime fleet of the country in the Caspian Sea are seriously followed up by the Ports and Maritime Organization.
Turning to the increase of the capacity of transportation of cargo at the organization, he added that about 50% was added to the number of the country’s maritime fleet in the Caspian Sea last year (ended March 19, 2024).
