New Port Opened on Iran’s Tiny Southern Island
TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami has inaugurated a container dock with a capacity of 50,000-ton in Negin Island of the Persian Gulf, in the southern province of Bushehr.
The inauguration will let the new port go to work in full swing after almost 4 years of construction.
Implementation of the project, including a 300-meter dock, was commenced about four years ago.
Eslami was in Bushehr province to accompany Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who was there to inaugurate a number of projects.
With the new dock in operation, the container loading and unloading capacity for Bushehr Port will increase to 600,000 TEUs. This is twice its current capacity, making it the country’s second biggest container port after Shahid Rajaee Port in Hormuzgan province.
The inauguration will let the new port go to work in full swing after almost 4 years of construction.
Implementation of the project, including a 300-meter dock, was commenced about four years ago.
Eslami was in Bushehr province to accompany Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who was there to inaugurate a number of projects.
With the new dock in operation, the container loading and unloading capacity for Bushehr Port will increase to 600,000 TEUs. This is twice its current capacity, making it the country’s second biggest container port after Shahid Rajaee Port in Hormuzgan province.