Russia has announced plans to export coal to India through Iran’s railways.
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash has said that transit of good through the country has increased more than 60% to 17.6 million tons over the past 12 months which he believed is indicative of the security and affordability of Iran’s transit route for regional countries.
Iran is set to inaugurate the Rasht-Caspian railway in northern country within the next few days, according to the Ministry of Road and Urban Development.
The transit of goods through the Iranian land and territory in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20- May 20) registered a 56.5 percent hike compared to last year’s corresponding period.
Iran’s Minister of Road and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash has said that road transit through Iran has registered a new record.
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.