New Container Terminal to be Built in Iranian Port

Construction work has begun on a new container terminal at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.

The new terminal will tripple the port's container handling capacity from 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a year to 6 million TEUs.

It will be the port's second container terminal and will form part of the Shahid Rajaie Container Terminal (SRCT) facilities in the Bandar Abbas Shahid Rajaie Port Complex.

The SRCT facilities are Iran's main container gateway, handling about 90% of the country's total throughput.

First phase development, which includes 850 metres of quay with 17 metres depth alongside and eight new post-Panamax cranes, is scheduled to be operational early next year.