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 TEHRAN - Iran’s shipment capacity will reach from 186 million tons to 210 million tons by 2015, the director of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran stated.
Ata'ollah Sadr told ISNA that some 5 trillion rials (about $200 million) is spent annually to expand shipment infrastructures at ports nationwide.
Some 20 million tons of goods are being transited via ports, he said, adding that the figure should reach 50 million tons by 2015.
Last [Iranian calendar year], 140 million tons of goods were shipped through the ports, showing 5 percent rise compared to the year before, he added.
Over 200 ports are in operation across the country, he noted.
In April, the Fars News Agency quoted Sadr as saying that Iran earns some 14 trillion rials (about $1.15 billion) annually through transiting goods via ports.
Around $140 billion worth of goods are annually transited via Iranian ports, he added.
Emam Khomeini and Shahid Rajaee ports are the two key ports of the country, accounting for 90 percent of the total capacity, he added.
In February, ISNA quoted Sadr as saying that building 60 small and multi-purpose ports across Iran is underway.
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