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)
Iran helps Russia by increasing Caspian cargo fleet
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) October 23, 2023 – Iran is again helping and working with Russia to increase Caspian Sea cargo traffic. State-owned Islamic...
Update: Armenia wants to be part of Russia-Turkey corridor via Azerbaijan
Strasbourg, France (PortSEurope) October 17, 2023 – Facing the treat of being left out of a strategic transport corridor (Zangezur) that will connect Russia...
Azerbaijan and Iran join transport corridors’ game in Central Asia
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – Azerbaijan agreed with Iran to establish a transport corridor (Eastern Zangezur Corridor) to Azeri exclave...
Russia’s North-South corridor – more political talk less cargo
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2023 – Russia, desperate and isolated from the West, keeps talking big about the North-South International Transport...
Russia supports new entity to develop North-South International Transport Corridor
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 6, 2023 – The Russian government is supporting the creation of a new entity to develop North-South International...
Russia’s Solyanka port is controlled by Iranian sanctioned entity
Solyanka, Russia (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – The Iran-controlled Russian Caspian Sea port of Solyanka is Iran’s strategic base in the International...
Construction of the missing 162 km rail link of INSTC to start in March’24
Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) September 20, 2023 – The long delayed construction of the 162 km Rasht-Astara railway along the Caspian Sea coast in Iran as part...
New route for Russia-Iran container trains
Formachevo, Russia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – RZD Logistics, the largest Russian multimodal logistics operator, a subsidiary of state-owned Russian...
ADP in JV to export Kazakh agro products via Iran
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Landlocked Kazakhstan and Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP, part of AD Ports Group on behalf of Simatech Shipping &...
Another transport corridor project to link Central Asia to Indian Ocean
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – Landlocked Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran are to open a new transport corridor, again bypassing...
Update: First Iranian ship in 10 years docks Libya’s Misrata
Misrata, Libya (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – For the first time in 10 years, an Iranian ship docked at Libya’s Mediterranean Sea port of Misrata, the...
Solyanka Caspian terminal, controlled by Iran, helps Iran-Russia trade
Solyanka, Russia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Iranian company Nasim Bahr Kish owns a controlling 53.1% stake in Solyanka terminal of Russia’s Caspian...
Iran’s IRISL resumes service to Misrata, Libya
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – The Iranian shipping line IRISL has resumed its service to the Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) through its local...
Afghan company to invest $50 million in Anzali port, Iran
Anzali, Iran (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – An unnamed Afghan company will invest $50 million in the construction of three wharves in the Iranian Caspian Sea...
Iran: Seaport cargo report – June 2023
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) July 9, 2023 – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) has published cargo details for its seaports for the month of June...
Making the Middle Corridor an eTIR Corridor
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Countries along the Middle Corridor, that connects Central Asia with Europe have agreed to accelerate...
Russia pushes for sanctions-busting cargo transport with Turkmenistan
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – Desperate Russia, looking for ways to bypass Western sanctions is pushing for a regular container ship line...