US Shipping Lines May Return to Iranian Ports
Iran is expecting American shipping lines to visit its ports once the economic sanctions against it are lifted in light of the emerging comprehensive final agreement over the Iranian nuclear energy program, reports Press TV.
Iranian deputy minister of road and urban development Mohammad Saeednejad, who also heads Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, said American shipping lines may return to Iranian ports after the removal of Western economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
“We are currently holding weekly meetings with European shipping lines over their return to Iranian ports,” said Saeidnejad. “We believe that American shipping lines will also return once the economic sanctions against Iran are lifted”.
He pointed to the positive atmosphere created after the recent nuclear negotiations between Tehran and six world powers in the Swiss city of Lausanne, and said that international shipping lines have begun to enter Iran.
Saeidnejad further said Iran is making serious investments through its private sector enterprises to develop the country’s ports. He added that the current collective capacity of Iran’s ports stands at 2.44 million TEUs, stressing that the figure shows an increase of 13 percent year-on-year.