New Iran hub operational

28.06.16. Iran’s Farasakou Port has now come into operation in the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ), MEHR News Agency reports.
Citing the public relations office of PSEEZ, the first export shipment of petroleum products to Persian Gulf littoral states was loaded on Saturday morning at Farasakou harbour in Assaluyeh.
The port in the south of Iran and has become operational in an area covering 50ha and with a loading capacity of 11 million tons a year offering services for storage, transit, export, regional fuel distribution and bunkering.
So far, two berths of the port have been constructed one with a depth of 10m and length of 214m while the other constitutes Iran’s largest petroleum berth, 15m deep and 324m long.
Since the completion of its first development phase which meant using storage tanks, port facilities and installations in this locality, the port has gained a high loading capacity.
The structure would be the biggest port of petroleum products in private sector as soon as the second development phase will have completed.