About five months after the signing of a sisterhood MoU between Iran's Shahid Rajaei and Belgium's Antwerp ports, a Belgian delegation met the managing director of Hormuzgan ports on Monday to discuss ways to make the MoU operational.
According to a statement by Hormuzgan Ports and Maritime Department, the Belgian delegation, in a meeting with Allah Morad Afifipour, negotiated ways of implementing the sisterhood memorandum of understanding and got acquainted with the latest conditions of Shahid Rajaei port development.
During the meeting, a draft of an operational plan was drawn up to analyze the market and activities of the two ports. The draft covered the current and future operation volume, training and human resources development, education system for managers, investments by the private sector and developing port and maritime activities. It also covered exchanging operational and management experiences, launching smart port and creating administrative and seminar work groups.
The sisterhood MoU between Shahid Rajaei port and Antwerp Port of Belgium was sealed on July 11 at the Ports and Maritime Organization.
Antwerp port, as a gateway to Europe, handles 8.5 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) and ranks 3rd in Europe and 16th in the world.
Shahid Rajaei port having some 18 gantry cranes and 40 berths is the biggest and the most modern container port in Iran.
