Transferring small ports development to private sector by next 2 months
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization referring as PMO has finished a plan to study and investigate the status of small ports in the country to transfer their development to the private sector by the next two months, a deputy at the organization said on Saturday.
The PMO deputy for the ports and economic affairs, said, “We have 48 small ports in the country, most of them located at the southern seashores. We have finished the comprehensive plan on studying their status to transfer them to the private sector for investment making and development”.
While small ports can play key essential role in country’s current economic condition, their development can also prevent from immigration of their population to the big cities through job creation.