Iran inaugurated the first phase of a national project for offering bunkering service at the Shahid Rajaee Port Complex in Hormozgan Province. According to PIN, the private sector has invested 740 billion rials (about $76.5 million) in the project to build an 84,000 cu. m. tanker, establish 15 kilometers of pipelines, and launch seven bunkering vessels with the total capacity of 70,000 tons.
The project has generated 520 direct job opportunities.