Director General of Hormozgan Ports and Shipping, Hossein Abbas Nejad, in explaining the actions taken and the future to attract private sector investment, stated: In this regard, the capacity of oil products storage tanks has been increased, one thousand and 504 billion rials have been attracted to attract private sector investment. In this regard, he said: Investments have been made for the construction of an oil terminal in 22 thousand square meters of the land of the Persian Gulf port, which will add 36 thousand cubic meters to the current capacity of the port (530 thousand tons). He added: With the operation of this terminal, an increase of 366,000 tons in the annual unloading and loading of petroleum products and direct employment for 46 people in the Persian Gulf port will be realized. Abbasnejad mentioned the attraction of private sector investment in the amount of 5,220 billion Rials in the field of building a terminal for container services and container goods as one of the other private sector investment plans in Shahid Rajaei port and added: With the implementation of this investment plan, the annual storage capacity of 120 thousand TEU EU) import container is created in this terminal. He stated that the container terminal will be built on 250,000 square meters of the land of Shahid Rajaei port with the investment of the private sector. The director of Shahid Rajaei Port Special Economic Zone continued his speech and said: The auction and selection of the private sector investor for the construction of the mechanized grain terminal for the amount of 13,400 billion Rials will be held by the end of September this year.
Among the advantages of implementing this plan, Abbasnejad pointed out the construction of grain storage silos with a nominal capacity of 150 thousand tons, the purchase and supply of two grain suction machines with the capacity of unloading 600 tons per hour and the direct employment of 81 people, and added: In this terminal, the unloading operation from the ship, storage In the silo and grain loading is done mechanized and in compliance with health standards. He stated that the loading of part of the grain to enter the country is done through wagons and rails, and added: The construction of the mentioned mechanized terminal will be done in 75 thousand square meters of the land of the port with the investment of the private sector. The Director General of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Affairs continued: Studies on the construction of the A-C-D corridor of petroleum pipelines in the Persian Gulf port have been completed and soon a call will be made for the selection of the contractor for the implementation of this plan to improve the unloading and loading capacity of petroleum products in the Persian Gulf port. will follow Abbas Nejad said: The call for the transfer of the lands of Poskraneh and the selection of the operator of unloading and loading operations of Khamer port, as well as four container terminals ready for operation, with the aim of creating equal conditions for all applicants for port activities, will be awarded through an auction by the end of this year.