Goods Transit to Increase in Shahid Bahonar Port

5-percent of the operation of exports, imports, and transit of goods is conducted on Shahid Bahonar Port.

News ID: 60875

Date: 08 March 2016 - 15:42

The director of Shahid Bahonar Port and Maritime organization stated: Shahid Bahonar Port has witnessed the transit of 93.052 tons of non petroleum goods - from March 2015 to February 2016.
Announcing the embarkation and disembarkation of 1.000.845 tons of petroleum and non-petroleum goods in the course of eleven months of current year, Mohammad Mohseni stated to MANA correspondent that Shahid Bahonar Port has experienced the export of 1.187.420 tons of non-petroleum goods and 118.336 tons of petroleum goods in the aforementioned period, which this figure highlights a 101-percent rise in the export of petroleum goods, he further stated this port also witnessed a 70-percent drop in the imports of non-petroleum goods in comparison with the same period in 2014.
This official figure added: Shahid Bahonar Port has exported petrochemical materials, agriculture products, mineral materials, tar, protein materials, ironware, building material to South Persian Gulf countries and Indian ocean region countries.
Mohammad Mohseni remarked:585 TEU refrigerated-container has been exported to United Arab Emirates, since March 2015 up to now.
He further stated: Shahid Bahonar Port has witnessed the transit of 930.52 tons of non- petroleum goods in 2014, which cars constitute a major part of exports.
Mohseni announced that 3044 vessels commuted to and from Shahid Bahonar Port in this current year, which this figure indicates a 19-percent ascent in the reception of steel vessels.
Accessing to international waters via Persian Gulf, connection to international railway network, being located in the vicinity of Gheshm  Free Trade Zone and Persian Gulf trade ports are main privileges of Shahid Bahonar Port.