2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (638+ words) TEHRAN " Iran's Minister of Transport and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh said maritime transport plays a pivotal role in trade security, cost reduction and sustainable access to global markets, describing the Persian Gulf as central to the country's macro-level planning. Speaking…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1615+ words) TEHRAN " Iran and Afghanistan have agreed to deepen strategic cooperation in rail transport, with plans to raise monthly rail freight capacity between the two countries to 100,000 tons, Iranian officials said. According to the public relations office of the Islamic Republic…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (179+ words) TEHRAN " Handling of basic commodities at Iran's ports rose 12.4 percent year on year in the eighth Iranian calendar month of Aban (late October-late November), according to data released by the Ports and Maritime Organization. State media reported that total loading…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (636+ words) TEHRAN " Iran and Azerbaijan have agreed to increase daily truck movements at the Astara border crossing to between 350 and 400 vehicles, aiming to ease congestion and facilitate exports and transit flows, Iranian officials said. Javad Hedayati, director general for transit and…...