Road transit from Iranian territory increased 18 percent in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to September 22) compared to the same period last year.
Transit of commodities through Iran has posted a 33% year-on-year growth during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – July 21), the Ministry of Road and Urban Development announced.
Iran and Iraq have agreed to continue their bilateral cooperation to establish joint industrial zones and complete the Shalamcheh-Basra railway.
A railway has been relaunched to link Khaf in northeastern Iran to Rozanak in Afghanistan’s Herat Province.
Iran has added at least 15 ships to its merchant fleet in the Caspian Sea amid growing trade ties with Russia and other countries located to the north of Iran.
Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Mohammad Mohammadibakhsh, who is on a visit to Moscow, is in talks with different Russian officials on expansion of air transport cooperation with the neighboring country.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) is planning to launch a direct container route to Brazil, according to a businessman with the knowledge of the matter.
Head of Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization said that the volume of transit goods passing through the Iranian soil hit 9.3 million tons during the past Iranian calendar year to March 21.
Senior officials from Iran and Russia have explored ways to implement the strategically important International North-South Transit Corridor (INSTC).
During a meeting between Iranian Transport Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash and his Iraqi counterpart Razak Muhibis Al-Saadawi in Tehran, the two sides made an agreement on the completion of Shalamcheh-Basra railway.