TEHRAN –Member of the Board of Directors of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Ali Fat’hi said on Wednesday that negotiations are underway with the Persian Gulf littoral states and other countries for investing in Iranian ports.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 14th International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures (ICOPMAS 2023), Fat’hi said that Iran is a self-sufficient country in the region in the field of designing and constructing offshore structures.
For instance, the largest wharf in the country was put into operation at Shahid Rajaei Port last year with a berthing capacity of vessels up to 18,800 TEU, which was constructed by domestic engineers, he continued.
Regarding the attraction of foreign investment, Fat’hi said that the PMO is ready to cooperate with all foreign countries especially Persian Gulf littoral states in the field of investing in the ports of the country.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he pointed to the support of the organization in manufacturing parts in the ports and maritime sector and added that manufacturing 850 parts in the ports and maritime sector have so far been indigenized.
Fat’hi then referred to the problems related to Indians at Chabahar Port and the lack of use of some parts and equipment imported into this port by the Indian party and added that effective steps have been taken to settle the problems.