Over 6m Tons of Goods Loaded , Unloaded at Hormuzgan Western Ports
IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK
TEHRAN – Director of Ports and Maritime Office of Bandar Lengeh in Hormuzgan Province Mr. Ghasem Askari Nasab says over 6m tons of different types of goods have been loaded or unloaded and some 25,000 passengers have been transited in the western ports of Hormuzgan Province.
Askari Nasab said in 11 months in the current year, some 2.6m tons of goods have been loaded and unloaded at Bandal Lengeh and related ports. He said 1.84m tons account for non-oil goods which show 6% growth and some 4.8m tons belong to oil products.
He also pointed to exports of 747,000 tons of non-oil goods from western ports of Hormuzgan Province, adding that Bandar Lengeh’s share from exports of agro products and livestock was 239,835 tons.
Askari Nasab further said in 11 months, the volume of non-oil goods transit was 254,350 tons of which 123,217 tons belong to the transited vehicles in the western ports of the province.
He noted that the volume of exported oil products from western ports was around 2.7m tons.
He added that in the mentioned period, 11,987 vessels commuted in the western ports, of which 907 vessels with capacity of over 1000 tons anchored in the ports which show 16 percent growth comparing to the same period last year.
Askari Nasab said that before the outbreak of Coronavirus, the number of passengers and tourists was upward and posted 19 percent growth. He reiterated since the beginning of the year, over 517,000 passengers our tourists have been transported in the western ports of Bandar Lengeh, Aftab and Charak which were transited to Kish, Abu Mussa and other Persian Gulf islands and the figure shows 17 percent growth.
He stated Bandar Lengeh by transporting over 37,000 local passengers registered 38 percent growth. He concluded that in the transportation and transit of passengers for international destinations, Bandar Lengeh set the record of over 26,000 passengers which indicates 12 percent growth.
