News in Brief
Iran exports first freight via sea-rail combined transport
The first cargo using sea-rail combined transport has been exported from Caspian Port to the Caspian Sea littoral countries.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Group made the announcement on Monday, IRNA reported.
Iran is to export 400,000 metric tons of domestically produced cement from this route annually.
Iran’s caretaker president Mohammad Mokhber inaugurated the Rasht-Caspian railway line in the presence of other officials on June 20.
Earlier, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash described the railway’s opening as a historic development that will significantly boost the country’s cargo transit capacities.
Kharg Island’s NGL project makes 75% progress
Kharg Special District Governor of Bushehr County said that the Kharg NGL project, which is being built with the aim of reducing the burning emissions of the island to zero has made 75% progress.
Mohammadreza Dashtizadeh said on Monday that the project is being implemented with a credit of €350 million by the private sector, IRNA reported.
He added that with the launch of the NGL project, Kharg Island will generate €500 million in annual income for the country.
Dashtizadeh further said that 100 percent of the staff and engineers in the project are Iranian as 80 percent of the employees are from Bushehr Province.
The managing director of the Persian Gulf Bidboland Gas Refinery announced on June 30 that Iran will inaugurate seven projects on gathering associated gases, worth $400 million by September 21.
Mahmoud Amin-Nejad added that by launching the projects, a sum of 16 gas flares will be turned off in the East Karoun region as 250 million cubic feet of gas will be processed to be used as feedstock.