Director General of Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province, noting that the presence in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization can be a strong point for the country's ports, said: "Northern ports of Iran have a special and effective capacity for transit of goods and can operate efficiently."
Dr. Hamidreza Abaie
in an interview with the information base of the Ports and Maritime
Organization regarding Iran's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization and what role Iranian ports and Iran's maritime transport industry
(with a focus on northern ports) can play in achieving the goals of this
organization in ports and maritime sector, said: "Given the sanctions
against our country and the recent changes in Afghanistan, as well as the
serious determination of the 13th government to restore the country's economic
situation, there is a good opportunity in this field" .
He continued:
"Iran's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization can create an
opportunity to be active in the field of maritime transport, which has a
significant share in the country's transit, with a more and better
capacity."
Director General of Ports and
Maritime Authority of Guilan Province, emphasizing the country's maritime transport capacity,
said: “Forecasts made in the country's development industries show that there
is a possibility of transit of up to 30 million tons of goods through the country's
ports and northern ports, given their circumstances, can be very strategic and
effective in the transit of goods.”
The Role of Northern Ports from Astara to Amirabad
In response to
the question, what is the capacity of the country's ports, especially the
northern ports, for combined transportation with the Caspian littoral states,
the CIS countries and Eurasia? Abaie said: "One of the most important
issues is that there are good ports in the north of the country and these
active ports can play a dominant role from Astara to Amirabad."
Stating that in
the northern ports of the country, there is a navy that is serving with the
Iranian flag, he added: “the applicant countries in the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization are landlocked and therefore we can use the port and maritime capacities
of our country in the best way.”
Director General of Ports and
Maritime Authority of Guilan Province, regarding the benefits of Iran's accession to the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization for the development of the country's northern
ports and maritime transport, explained: “It is important to use the capacities
of the country's ports and what can be mentioned about Anzali port is the
strategic position of this port, which has played a role in transit corridors
in the past. In addition, in
the field of tourism and customs, cooperation with member countries and
observers in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization can be developed.”
The Need for Special Attention to Tourism Capacities
Pointing out
that Anzali Port has a capacity of up to 10.5 million tons for operations and
has suitable facilities in the field of storage, loading and unloading
operations, Abaie said: “We hope to serve all the economic actors of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the best way, and with this very important
action of the 13th government and the leap that we will see in the economic
structure of the country, we will use the specialized potentials and
capabilities of the country's ports.”
He added:
"At the same time, using the tourism capacities of Chamkhaleh port, Anzali
port marina and the existing capacity in Caspian Port are other issues that we
should pay serious attention to them."