Five-year strategic plan prepared for IRISL: CEO
A five-year strategic plan has been finalized for the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), the head of the company said on Wednesday.
Speaking to IRNA, Mohammadreza Modarres Khiabani said that the document had been revised and modified with respect to domestic conditions and global markets.
He also outlined some of the major achievements of the IRISL over the past two years after the incumbent government took office in August 2021.
Registering new records in cargo transportation, launching regular shipping lines to Venezuela, Africa, and Syria, as well as activating the International North-South Transit Corridor to promote trade with the northern neighbors and the Caspian Sea littoral states were among the most outstanding feats of the IRISL according to Khiabani.
Referring to the government approach of sea-oriented economy, he noted that the first meeting of the Supreme Council of Marine Industries was held this Iranian year with President Ebrahim Raeisi in attendance, during which it was decided to proceed with the renovation of the country’s marine fleet.
The IRISIL, with the aim of supporting domestic industries and manufacturers, has ordered the construction of four multipurpose vessels with the Iranian Sadra Shipbuilding Company.
Khabani also said the sea transport capacity in the Caspian basin had increased by about 20 percent.