TEHRAN, Iran, June.29
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There has been negotiation with Russia to launch a shipping line and increase the number of row-row ships in the Caspian Sea to improve cargo transportation said a deputy in Iran's Ports and Maritime Organizations
"We are negotiating to launch a second RoLo ship from Anzali - Nowshahr - Amirabad ports to Astrakhan port in Russia. This ship could also transport transit trucks from Iran to Turkey or Russia though Anzali- Olya or Olya - Amirabad shipping route," said Farhad Kohsari, Trend reports citing ILNA.
"Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization would provide advances to the private sector to manufacture RoLo ships. The current RoLo ships have the capacity to transport 36 trucks, our plan is to increase the capacity to 60 trucks that would reduce costs of maritime transportation," he added.
Kohsari went on to say that the organization is preparing infrastructures to develop export from Iran's ports. There has been a discussion about transit with the head of Russian Special Economic Zones in Moscow in a meeting attended by Iran and India that should continue to improve transit via India and Chabaahr and Shahid Rajaei ports.
"Iran's northern ports capacity did not have any growth in last eight years and remained 6 million tons. The country's northern ports capacity for export and import is about 30 million tons and currently only 6 million tons of this capacity is used," he noted.