EghtesadOnline: Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi has appointed Mohammad Rastad to replace Mohammad Saeednejad as his deputy and the managing director of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran.

EghtesadOnline: Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Saeednejad said plans are underway to increase the capacity of Iranian ports to 250 million tons per annum in the next four years.

EghtesadOnline: A container ship carrying 300 TEU (twenty-foot container equivalent units) of rice from India’s Kandla Port in Kutch District of Gujarat docked at Iran’s Chabahar Port last week in a first such voyage to directly connect Kandla to Chabahar, Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran Mohammad Saeednejad said on Wednesday.

EghtesadOnline: About 80% of Iran’s imports of basic commodities are carried out at Imam Khomeini Port in the southern Khuzestan Province, managing director of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran, Mohammad Saeednejad , said.

EghtesadOnline: Seventeen major global shipping lines have resumed their services to Iran since the removal of nuclear sanctions, says CEO of Ports and Maritime Organization Mohammad Saeednejad .

EghhtesadOnline: Managing Director for Ports and Maritime Organization Mohammad Saeednejad said that public and private sectors have invested more than five billion dollars to develop trade ports in Iran.

EghtesadOnline: The first phase of the strategically-located Iranian port of Chabahar, subject to $850 million of investment for expansion, is ready for operation, IRNA says.

EghtesadOnline: Managing Director of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization Mohammad Saeednejad said his organization is planning to raise the capacity of its trade ports from the existing 209 million tons to 217 million tons.