Loading, Unloading Goods in Iranian Ports Up 4.3% in 9 Months


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Loading and unloading operations in the container sector of Iranian ports registered a 4.3 percent growth in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to December 22, 2023) compared to last year’s corresponding period.

In this period, over one million TEUs were loaded and unloaded in the ports of the country in the container sector, Mehr news agency reported.

According to the report, more than 20 million tons of oil goods were unloaded at the ports of the country, affiliated to the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), from March 21 to December 22, 2023.

In this timespan, over 36 million tons of non-oil goods were unloaded at the Iranian ports.

In total, 57,443,746 tons of oil- and non-oil goods were unloaded at the ports of the country in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year.

More than 61 million tons of oil goods were loaded at the ports of the country from March 21 to December 22, 2023.