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)
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...
Russia’s North-South corridor lacks infrastructure, Caspian sinking
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – There were no changes in the transit of goods from/to India and Southeast Asia to Russia in 2023 via...
NYT: Russia’s tries to pivot away from the West for good
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 16, 2024 – For centuries, trade with Europe was the main pillar of Russia’s economy. The war in Ukraine ended that,...
Plans for a Turkmenbashi-Amirabad feeder line
Amirabad, Iran (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Turkmenistan and Iran are planning to resume shipping between the Caspian Sea ports of Turkmenbashi and...
Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway ready in March
Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway, connecting the city of Rasht to the country’s Caspian Sea port of Bandar...
Iran invests in port development
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – The capacity of Iranian ports has increased to 290 million tonnes, Ali-Akbar Safaei, head of the...
25.5% of Astrakhan port given to Russia’s military behemoth Rostec
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Russia continues to reorient its economy towards a war footing. The latest move is to transfer a...
Iran’s logistics center in Astrakhan
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) January 31, 2024 – Russia’s Astrakhan region has identified a plot of land near the Caspian port of Astrakhan special...
Direct sea line Iran-Saudi Arabia
Bushehr, Iran (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The Persian Gulf archrivals Iran and Saudi Arabia will launch a direct sea line between Iran’s port of...