Iran, Oman to launch new shipping line by late April

reporter 1222 — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:11:10 +0000

Addressing a gathering of 120 Iranian and Omani businesspersons in Muscat on Wednesday, Mohammad Reza Nouri Shahroudi said the new line will go on stream within the next two weeks. He did not mention the name of ports that will be linked via the new line.

Pointing to the significant increase in the number of direct flights between the two neighbors from 20 to 48 per week, the Iranian envoy said the expansion of marine transportation between the two countries also follows the similar plan to boost Tehran-Muscat mutual economic interactions.

According to Nouri Shahroudi, Iran’s trade with Oman reached $700 million during the 11 months of the past Iranian year (March 21, 2018-Feb. 22), of which some $250 million accounted for Iran’s imports from the Arab country.

This will be the fifth direct shipping line between the two countries, after Jask-Suwaiq, Bandar Abbas-Sohar, Khorramshahr-Sohar and Bandar Abbas-Al Suwaiq routes.

The fourth direct marine route was established in December 2018, between Iran’s Jask Port and Oman’s Al Suwaiq Port to transport the wholesale Iranian commodities to Oman using containers.

Another important direct shipping line between Oman’s Sohar Port and Iran’s Bandar Abbas Port on the shores of the Strait of Hormuz also resumed activity in December last year, after the commercial vessels along this marine route had halted operations from early November after the new round of US sanctions against Iran came into effect.

If the same trend were to continue, he said, Tehran and Muscat will experience a huge increase in bilateral trade in the future.

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progress in developing marine propulsion systems promising

reporter 1222 — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 09:01:18 +0000

Chief of the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Marine Industries Organization highlighted Iran’s progress in the field of marine systems, saying the ministry has geared up to become self-sufficient in developing marine propulsion systems.

Addressing the 2nd Marine Propulsion Conference at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology on Monday, Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari said, “we are currently cooperating with a large number of domestic and foreign companies in the field of marine propulsion systems,” adding that the country is moving toward self-sufficiency in this field.

Along with the plan, the design and development of gasoline and diesel engines, power transmission systems, propulsion equipment, and monitoring systems are high on the ministry’s agenda, he noted.

Rear Admiral Rastegari said that the domestic experts are working to develop an indigenous 25 MW marine gas turbine, which is a highly applicable system in marine vessels.

Iran has made considerable progress in the field of marine vessels, especially in the design and manufacture of submarines and destroyers.

Last week, the senior military chief announced that the construction of a heavy destroyer weighing 6,500 tons is on Defense Ministry’s agenda.

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