According to Total News, Ali Akbar Safaei said at the opening ceremony of the 4th Conference on Iran’s Sea-based Economy, the North-South Corridor, which was held at the Center for International Broadcasting Conferences, that sea transportation is cheap and safe, considering the big events that Occurred in the container sector, it is still reliable and traders in the world use different transport sectors.
The CEO of Ports and Maritime Organization stated that today the maritime transport markets are in a different situation and in the case of containers, the rates have dropped sharply, he said, today, the maritime transport markets are in a different situation, the rates are high in the market of ship and tanker charters, but in the case of containers, the rates have decreased. In the past few years, the construction of ships has been increasing rapidly. In the scrub market, ship owners try not to scrap their ships and use older ships for transportation.
He added, the maritime economy deals with four main shipping markets, which are based on the market, supply and demand, and political events in the extremes of the world can have many effects on freight and freight transportation.
The CEO of the Ports and Maritime Organization emphasized, we must distinguish between sea-oriented development, sea economy and shipping economy, that there have been many comparative studies in this field, but based on scientific studies, the effects of the sea on the coast up to 10 km and sometimes up to 20 km Beach is proven.
Safaei further stated that 140,000 ships pass through Iran’s ports every year and said, Iran’s naval fleet is among the 20 largest shipping countries and is among the top 10 countries in this field.
Stating that Iran’s ports have the capacity to accept ships with a capacity of 18 thousand TEU, he added, in the first 10 months of this year, compared to the same period last year, Iran’s sea shipping business grew by 8% and container transportation grew by 9%.
Referring to the infrastructure provided by the Ports and Maritime Organization in the field of transportation, Safaei noted, these measures have made private sector activists trust the Ports Organization, and during the transportation week, we witnessed an investment of more than 50 thousand billion tomans from the private sector.