Antwerp Port Authority

"A delegation of Iranian petrochemical experts explored grounds for cooperation on the export of Iranian petrochemicals in a meeting with the head of Antwerp Port in Belgium on Thursday." (Financial Tribune, "Belgian Port to Help boost Petrochemical Exports," 7/7/2017). 

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"The port of Antwerp yesterday (Monday), in the Iranian capital Teheran, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with Shahid Rajaee Port Authority. This is the port authority of the Iranian port Bandar Abbas. The port accommodates nearly 90% of containers which enter and leave Iran. According to the CEO of the Belgian port company, Eddy Bruyninckx, Iran is 'a country with economic growth potential and a gateway to neighbouring Middle East countries.' Bandar Abbas ferries nearly half of the 200 million tonnes which are annually conveyed in transit through the 11 Iranian ports. Antwerp will exchange information with the port of Bandar Abbas and port-based development projects there. However joint work will also be carried out in the sphere of training through APEC, which is the training centre in the port of Antwerp." (Brussels Times, "Port of Antwerp signs cooperation agreement with Iranian port Bandar Abbas," 7/11/2016).