NOURNEWS- Mohammad Rastad told a news conference at the Ports and Maritime Organization on Sunday: "Following the rise of the corona virus in the world and the decline in world trade, maritime transport has also dropped significantly to the extent that the volume of goods shipments is expected to increase." The ports, which were about 11 billion tons in 2019, will be cut by 600 million tons.
He pointed out that the order to build a ship in the first four months of the year was only 100 aircraft, including commercial and cargo ships, which has decreased by more than 70% compared to the same period last year.
The director general of the Ports Organization said: "However, with the measures we had in commercial ports and at the same time as the Corona outbreak" February 20, 2010 ", one day the unloading and loading operations did not stop and we were able to have 14 million tons of unloading and loading operations in the country's ports. .
According to Rastad, despite daily efforts, unloading and loading operations have decreased by 38% compared to the same period last year, and we hope that with the normalization of global trade conditions in the world and the region, the volume of unloading and loading in ports will increase.
The Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development announced that last year, despite the increase in sanctions, the unloading and loading operations increased by 7%, but this year, there has been a 35% decrease in the container unloading and loading section.
According to Rastad, Shuroo Korona has had the biggest impact on maritime passenger traffic, with maritime tourism declining 97 percent this year.
Announcing the status of basic goods in the country's ports, Rastad said: "Currently, there are 4,154,177 tons of basic goods in the country's ports, of which over 3 million tons are in Imam Khomeini port and the rest in other ports."
He explained that the largest basic commodity of "corn" is 2.4 million tons, followed by wheat, barley, soy, rice, sugar, crude oil and oilseeds weighing about four million tons.
Rastad added: 3,000 tons of basic goods are being exported in Imam port and 450,000 tons are in the process of customs formalities, and 300,000 tons of basic goods are in the stage of expertise and evaluation for clearance.
Rastad also announced a cyber attack from abroad on the operators of Shahid Rajaei port and said: "Of course, this attack did not stop the unloading and loading operations, and the issuance of an exit badge was disrupted as a result of this attack, which was quickly managed and the ship was stopped." We didn't have that reason.
Regarding the reduction of the revenues of the Ports and Maritime Organization due to the reduction of maritime trade in the country's ports, the CEO of the Ports and Maritime Organization said: We have not reached such conclusions.
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