Iran Transited 773,000 Tons of Cargo via Rail in 5-Month Period
Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said 773,000 tons of goods were transited from the country via rail in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year.
Iranian cargo ship capsizes in Bandar Abbas, all crew rescued
A 90-meter long cargo ship, carrying 153 containers of Iranian exported goods, has overturned at Shahid Rajaei Port in Bandar Abbas near the Persian Gulf, on Tuesday, leaving three crew members injured.
Cargo exports via Azarbaijan railways up by 1.5fold in nine months
Director General of Azarbaijan Railways General Bureau Shapour Arsalani said that export volume of freight through provincial railways company registered a significant 1.5fold increase in nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – Dec. 21). Given the above issue, exports of freight from railways of this province rose 1.5 times more as […]
Iranian cargo train en route to Turkey derailed in NW Iran
An Iranian cargo train, heading to Turkey, ran off the tracks in Khoy, West Azerbaijan Azerbaijan. Khoy governor Seyed Mohammad Abedi told reporters this morning that an Iranian cargo train was derailed on the way to Turkey at 11:30 local time after it ran into a landslide on the track. According to Abedi, the diesel […]
Cargo transported from Bandar Abbas, Chabahar to Central Asia
TEHRAN– An official in charge of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Hossein Ashouri said, “planning is underway to transport freight from Bandar Abbas and Chabahar to the Central Asian states.” Member of Board of Directors of the company revealed the interest of Indian firms to invest in North-South corridor and said, “Islamic Republic of […]
India to export container cargo to Russia via Iran from Jan
TEHRAN- India will start export of container cargo to Russia via Iran from January 2018, S. Kumar, the commissioner of Indian Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), announced. The official said this shipment will be done as India moves forward to operationalize international corridor INSTC, India Today reported. The move, he said, would cut down cargo […]
Police Seize Large Drug Cargo in Iran in Single Operation
TEHRAN – Police forces in Iran’s northern province of Qom seized a large cargo of opium in a single operation on Saturday. Following an undercover operation and in joint operation with Tehran police, police forces confiscated around 500 kilograms of opium from a truck in the province of Qom on Saturday, provincial anti-narcotics police commander, […]
Cargo Line Opened between Qatar, Turkey via Iran
TEHRAN – Qatar has opened a land and sea cargo line with Iran and Turkey in a bid to reduce the Arab country’s cargo shipping costs by 80 percent, a report said. Former editor-in-chief of Qatar’s al-Sharq newspaper, Jaber Al-Harmi, said via twitter that the Persian Gulf Arab state has opened a land and sea […]