Iran's IRISL starts cargo service linking Persian Gulf to Hamburg
Time：2016-05-27
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The new service transports conventional general cargo in addition to containers. The multi-purpose vessels used to operate the service are equipped with shipboard cranes.
Apart from Iranian ports, the new service links ports on the Persian Gulf with others in Europe, and it will call at additional ports in the Middle East when required.
C Steinweg`s Sud-West Terminal will be loading machinery for Iran`s oil, gas and mining sectors on the new conventional liner service. The last time the shipping line had called at the Hamburg terminal was back in May 2010.
Thanks to the lifting of sanctions and the resumption of foreign trade activities with Iran, especially in the export area, the staff at C Steinweg are expecting a gradual and later substantial increase in seaborne cargo volumes, reported American Journal of Transportation.
Before sanctions, Iran`s imports via Hamburg were mainly of grain, potash fertilisers, feedstuffs and machinery. Exports arriving in the port of Hamburg from Iran were mainly fresh and tinned fruit, cotton, rubber and vegetables.
At the same time, IRISL`s geared 2,478-TEU Arzin, also berthed at the Eurogate Container Terminal in Hamburg, which since mid-March has linked Hamburg with ports in the Persian Gulf on the regular Europe Container Line (ECL) service.
IRISL liner services will be represented in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands by Hamburg-based IRISL Agency (North) GmbH, with branches in Antwerp and Rotterdam. This is currently being set up by Peter W Lampke GmbH & Co KG (PWL) and IRISL (Europe) GmbH.