Two major ports set to be built on Makoran Coast
The head of Hormozgan’s Ports and Maritime Department said plans are underway to build two new major ports along the Makoran coast and in the western part of the southern province.
“After completion of design and site-selection phases, two international ports in the Makoran region and Bandar Lengeh will be added to Iran’s 15 major ports,” Tasnim news agency quoted Hossein Abbasnejad as saying.
“The new Lengeh port has been designed in its first phase with an area of 300 hectares, expandable to 1,500 hectares, and will be capable of receiving 50,000-ton vessels,” Abbasnejad said.
“The Makoran port has been designed with 1,100 hectares of backland so that it will be able to receive mega-size vessels,” he added. “Although port construction is a time-consuming and long-term process, after completion of the siting phases we hope to soon see the start of executive operations for these national projects.”
Outlining the latest status of port infrastructure development in southern Iran and the country’s largest coastal province, Abbasnejad said the project to connect 2,700 hectares of new land to the Shahid Rajaee Port area, which is underway via a strategic bridge, will become operational in the first half of next year (starting March 21).
“With this achieved, the land area of this port will rise to 5,100 hectares and the logistics and backland capacities of the country’s largest commercial port will double,” he said.
“Shahid Rajaee Port currently handles the highest level of maritime traffic among all ports in the country, and all this traffic is conducted under precise supervision of the Vessel Traffic Service control section while observing the highest safety standards of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization.”