203% Rise in IRISL 's Transporting Container Cargoes

In the first five months of the current year, IRISL container division has managed to transport over 450,000 TEU container in Shahid Rajaei port.

News ID: 76606

Date: 03 October 2017 - 14:27

General Director of IRISL container division ,Cap. Hamzeh Keshavarz stated to MANA correspondent that at the time being, despite that 17 international large container lines commute to Shahid Rajaei port on a regular and weekly basis,but it is promising to assert that our division transports around 50 percent of the country’s total container shipments.

Cap. Keshavarz further added, we have witnessed a growth of 203 percent in transporting container shipments, in addition, our income has risen by 53.8 percent.

Announcing that in the first five months of the current year, IRISL container division exported 70.000 TEU container, he remarked: in more than one year ago, we experienced no problem in the exporting to Europe.

Referring to the joint collaboration with international large companies, Cap. Keshavarz proposed, these collaborations are still in progressing.

Emphasizing the necessity of an increase in the country’s transit, IRISL container division general manager stated that given a considerable improvement in the country’s political and economic conditions as well as new approach which has been taken by The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, the transit from Iran should be promoted.

In the end, Cap. Hamzeh Keshavarz stressed that strategically, Iran enjoys an exclusive and unique position in the global shipping industry, and considering the high population in the region, Iran can offer the best route for exports and imports to the landlocked countries.