Shahid Rajaee Special Economic Zone, located in the southern Hormozgan Province, accounts for the highest share of all goods exported from and imported to Iran.
Shahid Rajaee Port handled about 564,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) during the first four months to July 22 to register a year-on-year increase of 16%.
According to Director General of Hormozgan Province's Ports and Maritime Organization Alireza Mohammadi, 550 container ships docked at Iran’s biggest container port during the period, Mehr News Agency reported.
The economic zone, which has a loading/unloading capacity of 100 million tons per year, accounts for over half of Iran's trade and about two-thirds of total freight transit through the country.
The lion’s share of Iran's containers is handled at Shahid Rajaee Complex. With 18 gantry cranes and 40 berths, Rajaee is the most advanced container port of Iran.
Launched in 1985, the port has expanded annually and is connected to 80 ports worldwide.
The significance of this port lies in its large capacity, including its location in the Persian Gulf, container terminal, fuel bunkering, access to 24 kilometers of railroads and round-the-clock truck transportation.