Iran
Iran is an Islamic Republic located in both Southwest Asia and the Middle East. It borders the Caspian Sea to the North. It has state borders with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. For political reasons, Iran is subject to widespread international sanctions. It is currently trying to improve relations with Russia to develop north-south trade cross the Caspian Sea. (Updated 04.07.2022)
Putin alarmed by shrinking Caspian Sea, but no way to prevent it
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – After decades of ignoring the shallowing of the Caspian Sea, Russia has suddenly started looking for...
Russia’s Astrakhan ports cargo keeps growing from a small base
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Astrakhan and Olya for January-July 2024 increased...
Update: Iran wants naval and military bases in Syria
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – Different Syrian and other media sources claim that Iran is seeking to expand a small naval base it...
Landlocked Kyrgyzstan wants to invest in Iran’s Shahid Rajaei port
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – The landlocked Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan is looking for ways to invest in infrastructure...
Iran’s ports handled 76.3 mln tonnes of cargo in Mar-Jul 2024
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The total cargo turnover of Iran’s ports in the four months of the current Iranian calendar year...
Iran tries to develop its ports despite sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Iran’s Ports & Maritime Organisation (PMO), the government body in charge of developing and managing...
Iran’s Caspian ports improve cargo results
Nowshahr, Iran (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Iran’s Caspian Sea ports of Nowshahr (Now Shahr, Noshahr) and Fereydoonkenar (Fereydun Kenar), in the...
Iran wants to construct a Kazakh terminal in the Persian Gulf
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – Iranian shipping company Golden Line is interested in constructing a Kazakhstan cargo terminal in...
Absurd Houthis claim about Mediterranean attack denied
Nicosia, Cyprus (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – Following the absurd claim by the Iran-affiliated Yemen Houthis that they attacked on July 15 the...
Iran attracts maritime investment of $1.7 billion
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – Iran has attracted total investment in the maritime sector of $1.7 billion, reports the IRNA, the national...
Qatar considers joining North-South International Transport Corridor
Doha, Qatar (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The Qatar government is considering joining the North-South International Transport Corridor, according to...
DIA report about the Red Sea crisis
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – As of mid-February, container shipping through the Red Sea had declined by approximately 90%...
The delayed Rasht-Caspian Railway is operational
Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) June 22, 2024 – The long-delayed Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway, connecting the city of Rasht to the country’s Caspian Sea port...
Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan keep talking North-South corridor
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2024 – Russia is pressing ahead with the creation of a key sanctions-busting route linking it with Asia –...
Joint Russia-Iran agency activities in Iran’s ports
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 15, 2024 – Iran’s state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) wants to organise joint agency...
Iran wants to use INSTC to move coal from Russia to India
Mumbai, India (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – Iran has announced plans to transport coal from Russia to India via Iran’s railway network, said the...
Russia, Iran discuss the new Astraport Shipping company
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Representatives of Russia’s Astrakhan Region and the Iranian Consul General in Astrakhan, Mahdi...
India signed 10-year deal for Iran’s Chabahar port
Chabahar, Iran (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – India has signed a 10-year contract to operate Iran’s Chabahar deep water port, eight years after...
Russia pushes for corridors with Asia to bypass sanctions
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 20, 2024 – Russia is pressing ahead with the creation of two new transport corridors linking it with Asia, seeking to...
South Russia tripled grain exports to Iran in Q1’24
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2024 – Russia’s southern regions of Rostov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, and the Republic of Kalmykia exported more...