International Business Times | James Patterson: Five Iranian tankers filled with gasoline and other needed products are headed to Venezuela, signifying a new partnership between two countries both under heavy sanctions by the United States. How the U.S. will respond is a question in need of an answer. The shipments, if completed, would benefit both ...

MNA The headquarters of the Iranian Armys Navy has moved from Tehran to Bandar Abbas. Commander of Iranian Armys Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi inaugurated the new headquarters in the southern Iranian city on Thursday. He said that the plan to move the Navys headquarters started some years ago with the guidance of the Islamic Revolution ...

Reuters |Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi: More than 20 ships carrying around one million tonnes of grain are stuck outside Iranian ports as U.S. sanctions create payment problems and hamper the countrys efforts to import vital commodities, sources directly involved in the trade said. Trading companies such as Bunge (BG.N) and Chinas COFCO International ...

Press TV - Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami says Iran plans to resume the construction of its longest cross-sea bridge, linking the Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf to Bandar Abbas. Negotiations have been held with the investor of the Persian Gulf Bridge to see the construction resume, Eslami told reporters on the sidelines ...

Tasnim Irans homegrown Heidar-class search and rescue (SAR) vessels joined the Border Polices naval fleet in the countrys southern waters on Monday. In a ceremony in the port city of Bandar Abbas, attended by ranking Iranian military officials, a total of seven Heidar-class patrol boats joined the coast guards fleet of watercraft. In comments ...

IRNA A 320,000-ton supertanker successfully berthed at the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, a senior official of the country said. Esmail Makkizadeh, deputy head of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran, told reporters on Monday that the achievement of Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Complex (ISOICO) in Bandar Abbas was a record ...

Tasnim The third platform of Phase 14 of Irans South Pars gas field, which has been built by domestic experts, was launched in the Persian Gulf waters on Tuesday. Weighing 2,400 tons, the gigantic structure was loaded on a barge in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. The platform will be installed on its designated offshore spot in South ...

Tasnim Local technicians at Irans giant South Pars gas field have begun an operation to install the last flare stack of the offshore platforms in the Phase 14 of the field. Mohammad Mahdi Tavassolipoor, operator of South Pars Phase 14 development project, said on Saturday that the last flare stack of platforms of Phase 14 is being shipped for installation....

IRNA Iran has proved its best opportunities for trade through its economic relations with other countries throughout history, a senior Iranian official said Monday. 'Iran's biggest port lies in Hormuzgan Province, so the province is of the best geographic location for trade,' Gholam-Reza Ansari said addressing an international conference on investment ...

IRNA The third international conference on investment opportunities started in Bandar Abbas with the presence 500 domestic and foreign guests on Monday. On the first day of the two-day conference, seven guests will offer their views about economy, energy, agriculture and fishery. The conference focuses on mining, industry, energy, transportation,...

Sputnik - The blast has ripped through a shipbuilding plant some 37 kilometres west of the port of Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz, according to local media. At least three staff members in the Iranian defence industry have been killed in a blast in a submarine under construction in southern Iran. The Fardanews website reported that three ...

MNA Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy have seized more than one million liters of diesel in coasts of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, before being smuggled. After a week of intelligence operations, IRGC forces managed to seize two bunker ships and five towboats, arresting 56 individuals. According to an IRGC Navy official, towboats were transferring ...

IRNA - Irans aquatic products have a seen a rise of 40% during past four decades, the countrys agriculture minister says. At the beginning of the Revolution, Iran produced 32,000 tons of aquatic products. Over the last 40 years, this production rose to 1.2 million tons showing a 40 percent rise, said Mahmoud Hojjati, Irans Agricultural Jihad Minister ...

ISNA | Amir Hossein Khourgooi: On the second day of his trip to Hormozgan province, President Rouhani launched phase III of Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery (also called the Persian Gulf Star Refinery) and a project to enhance productivity of Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery. The projects are being launched on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the ...

IRNA - Minister of Communications and Information Technology, emphasizing the use of youth in the country's administration, said that if the country's natural and manpower capacities are identified, a clearer future for Iran could be provided. Javad Azari Jahromi participating Bahman 22 March along with the people of Bandar Abbas, and in an exclusive ...

Tasnim Iran and India launched a shipping lane that connects Indias Mumbai to the Iranian southern port cities of Chabahar and Bandar Abbas. Head of the Ports and Maritime Organization in Irans southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan said the sea lane starts from the Indian port city of Mumbai and stretches to Mundra Port, Kandla, Irans ...

IRNA Irans Majlis (parliament) speaker says that Hormozgan Province is in the center of Irans future strategic oientations due to its importance. The province can support the country by hosting major industries and investments, said Ali Larijani to reporters upon arriving at Bandar Abbas on Tuesday evening. Referring to the investment capacities ...

The Straits Times - Water treatment firm Hyflux has suspended a contract for a plant in Iran - a move that is expected to have a material adverse effect on its financial performance. The contract was signed in April between a Hyflux unit and Iran's Asia Water Development Engineering Company (AWDEC) for a seawater reverse osmosis desalination package ...

Tasnim Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said the domestically made Damavand destroyer, which crashed into a jetty back in January, will return to service in the coming months. Speaking at a ceremony held in the southern port city of Banda Abbas on Saturday to add the homegrown Sahand destroyer to the Navys fleet, Admiral ...

IRNA - Iranian 56th naval flotilla docked in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, on Thursday. The flotilla was welcomed by commanders of the region. The Iranian naval fleet, including destroyer Naqdi, logistic Bushehr navy ship, returned home after 65 days of sailing and traveling 8,782 Nautical miles, said a top military official. Constant presence ...