News / Surge in shipping services to Iran won't mean profits and will harm transhipment ports

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By Alex Lennane in Dubai

06/12/2016

The inevitable flood of shipping lines calling at Iran will lead to a lack of profitability and challenges for transhipment ports in the region, TOC Middle East delegates were told today.

Noting that similar problems happened in South America a few years ago, Lars Jensen, CEO of SeaIntelligence, explained that a wider network suited liner alliances, and that two of them already planned to offer direct Iran services next year.

“For Iran, that makes it very well connected. And everyone with a shipping line ...

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