Amirabad Port has 52% of traffic among the northern ports of Iran
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) July 3, 2020 - In the first quarter of 2020, 844,869 tons of goods handled in Amirabad port, a 52% share of…
Azerbaijan and Iran to set up a joint logistics centre in Iran’s Ardabil province
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 10, 2020 - Azerbaijan and Iran are planning to set up a joint logistics centre together with an industrial area in…
Cargo traffic through North-South Transport Corridor to be boosted
May 19, 2020 Governor of Russia’s Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin tasked the participants of the regional working group for development of the International North-South Transport…
Chabahar port attracts five investments
Chabahar, Iran (PortSEurope) April 28, 2020 - The Ports & Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported that it helped with five investment contract on 2019 for…
Iran continues dry port development
Aprin, Iran (PortSEurope) April 27, 2020 – The country's largest inland, dry port, Aprin, has received a boost from an agreement between country’s customs office…
Chabahar intermodal corridor links India, Iran and Afghanistan
Chabahar, Iran (PortSEurope) April 24, 2020 - The first India-Iran-Afghanistan intermodal transport, using Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR - International Road Transports) has been completed, according…
16% increase port traffic in last Iranian calendar year
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) April 23, 2020 - Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister, Mohammad Eslami, has reported that the capacity of Iran’s ports has reached…
21% increase in traffic at Iran’s Abadan ports
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) April 23, 2020 - Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported that the unloading and loading operations in Abadan ports increased…
RZD International to stop operations in Iran
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) April 6, 2020 - Russian Railways division RZD International, a special purpose engineering company, has announced that it has ended infrastructure activities…
Analysis – Strategic and overambitious Iranian move in Russian Caspian, financed by China, or much ado about nothing
Lagan, Russia (PortSEurope) March 23 - A group of Iranian companies, financed by China, wants to invest in the development of the small southern Russian…
Kazakhstan restricts ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus
Kazakhstan imposes restrictions on ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus - March 12, 2020 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine received information from…
Analysis – Iran intends to improve port rail connections to develop international trade
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) February 23, 2020 - The state-owned Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) is planning a local conference to discuss ways to improve…
Analysis – In a snub to Russia, Iran and Syria sign maritime cooperation agreement
Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) February 11, 2020 – Defying pressure from Moscow, Russia’s dependant Syria has signed an agreement on maritime cooperation with Iran, which reportedly…
Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad container train may finally run
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 2, 2020 - The national railway companies of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan have agreed to resume regular operations of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad…
ECO RPC Meeting Concludes in Tehran
The 30th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has been held on 14-16 January 2020 at the Secretariat…
Caspian Sea littoral states meet to discuss cooperation
On January 27, 2020, the sixth meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing the draft Protocol on cooperation in the field…
Analysis – Russia’s ambitious plans for Syria’s port of Tartus
Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) December 22, 2019 – Russia has announced that it is going to invest $500 million over four years in the Syrian Mediterranean…
Azerbaijan, Iran to build Rasht-Astara railway line
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2019 - Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to build a railway between Rasht (Iran) and Astara which will be part…
Russian and Iranian ports discuss cooperation
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 8, 2019 - The head of Gilan Ports and Maritime Administration, Iran, Hamidreza Abaei, has met with the management of Astrakhan…
Analysis – Iranian ambitions for the Syria’s Mediterranean coast
Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) November 18, 2019 - Iran has bolstered its military and economic presence along Syria’s Mediterranean coast, according to Syrian opposition sources. Companies…