Financial Tribune - A total of 9.3 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded in the southern Imam Khomeini Port during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20), according to the director general of Khuzestan Province�s Ports and Maritime Organization.

�More than 7 million tons of the total sum pertained to non-oil goods and the rest to oil products,� Adel Deris was also quoted as saying by the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.

The official said that during the same period, more than 4 million tons of essential goods were transported from Imam Khomeini Port to destinations across the country to register a 24% rise compared with the similar period of last year.