Sanctions have had no impact on Iran’s ports

Shahid Rajaee (Bandar Abbas) is the largest port in Iran and its container throughput of more than 2.59m teu was up 17% in 2010, largely due to the Iran government employing policies to turn it into a regional hub, explained Seyed Ataollah Sadr, managing director of the state-owned Ports and Maritime Organization (PM)).

Sadr added that the policies include “The government offering discounts on transhipment cargo from Shahid Rajaee, including 57% discount on import tariffs 83% on transhipment, 50% on container warehousing and 20 – 70% discount for transhipment vessels.