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)
Moscow fixated on Astrakhan port as it looks to use INSTC to bypass sanctions
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The Astrakhan region of Russia has presented its ambitious port special economic zone (SEZ) project...
Donetsk People’s Republic says it will use Port of Mariupol to export grain
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Denis Pushilin, president of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has commented that...
Iran and Russia to set up mutual trade centres
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Last week, Iran and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of mutual...
Iran looks to expand TRACECA cooperation
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – Iran has held talks with the TRACECA organisation to discuss the expansion of international road...
IRISL with first cargo shipment from Russia to India through the North-South International Transport Corridor
Solyanka, Russia (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) has realised the first multimodal cargo shipment from...
The two most sanctioned countries try to cheat the West via a logistics bridge across Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world – Russia and Iran – are trying to improve transport links...
Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics,...
Iran and Cuba have signed an agreement on ports cooperation
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 20, 2022 – Iran and Cuba have signed an agreement on maritime and ports cooperation. the agreement was signed at a...
Iran’s Amirabad port seeks private investment
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) May 6, 2022 – With the implementation of policies and strategic plans of the Ports and Maritime Organization, over 454 billion...
Iranian ports see commercial traffic up +14%
A total of 205.34 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded in Iran’s 22 commercial ports in the last Iranian year (March 2021-22), registering a 14%...
Lebanon allows Iran to resume port visits
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) March 31, 2022 – Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamiyeh, has held a meeting with a delegation from Irisl, the...
Iran’s ports increase cargo handling in current calendar year
Tehran, Iran, (Ports Europe) March 1, 2022 – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported that in the period (March 21, 2021-February...
Ports of the province of Gilan handled a total of 1.32 million tons of goods in the current Iranian year’s first nine months
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – The ports of the Caspian Sea province of Gilan handled a total of 1.32 tons of goods in the current...
First cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran reaches Ankara
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – Yesterday, the first cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran (ITI) reached Ankara via...
Iran’s Amirabad port reports increased investment and cargo traffic
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – Director General of Amirabad Ports and Maritime, Mohammad Ali Asl Saeedipoor, has said that Amirabad is now...
Iran to use its Caspian ports to export fruits and vegetables to Russia, bypassing Azerbaijan
Anzali, Iran (Ports Europe) December 27 – Iranian companies-exporters of fruits and vegetables want to supply products to Russia through the Caspian Sea,...
Iran’s Anzali Caspian Sea port sees cargo traffic up over 12%
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 1, 2021 – In the first eight months of the Iranian year, March 21-Nov. 21, the Iranian port of Anzali handled 1.28...