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)
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...
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...
Iran is now exporting citrus products to Russia via Solyanka port
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) is now exporting citrus products to Russia via...
First cruise service visiting all Caspian states
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) January 21, 2024 – Moscow has decided to replace services affected by Western sanctions opportunities for Russian...
Transport corridor: Armenia-India through Iran to open in May
Yerevan, Armenia (PortSEurope) January 17, 2024 – The transport corridor through Iran, linking Armenia and India, is scheduled to open in May 2024, the...
Urgent dredging to start in Baku port, Caspian Sea shrinks
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – Dredging will start in the coming days in Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, which will allow access...
Maersk ships to resume sailing via the Red Sea
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 25, 2023 – Denmark’s AP Møller-Maersk will send again Maersk ships via the Suez Canal and the Red Sea, less than a...
Absurd Iranian threat to “close” the Mediterranean Sea
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) December 24, 2023 – Absurd Iranian threat – the Mediterranean Sea could be closed if Israel, supported by the United...
Rasht-Astara railway construction for INSTC corridor in 2024
Tehran, Itan (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – It has been announced that the construction of the 163-km Rasht-Astara railway in Northern Iran will...
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation plans network of strategic ports
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – The draft concept for the creation and operation of a “Partnership Network” of major...
TransContainer starts new export routes for timber
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has started exporting timber using new export routes. This includes to China via...