Iran’s Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi says the construction of a home-made Iranian train has made 85% development and the train is expected to join subway fleet within the next couple of weeks.
Iran’s minister of roads and urban development said the country’s road transit reached 14.75 million tons in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 19, 2024), registering a 58% hike compared to the same period a year earlier.
The volume of cargo transited through Iran in the calendar month to late January hit a new record in 10 years, according to the head of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.
The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said foreign transit of goods via Iranian land in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2023) registered a 29% hike compared to the same period last year.
A consignment of Iranian exports, containing citrus fruit, was freighted by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to the Russian Federation via Solyanka Port corridor for the first time.
The director general of Iran’s North Railway Administration-2 said that the exchange of goods between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan registered a 33-percent growth in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2023).
International air traffic in Iranian airports saw a year-on-year growth of 14% during the first eight calendar months to November 22, according to an official with the knowledge of the matter.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev has said rail transport between Iran and Azerbaijan has increased by 47 percent in 2023, IRNA reported.
President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Hossein Selahvarzi says the Iran Chamber is ready to host the secretariat of the TIR carnet issuers of the ECO region.
Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) Umberto de Pretto pays a visit to Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) where he meets ICCIMA President Hossein Selahvarzi on December 17, 2023.