TEHRAN - The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in its latest Review of Maritime Transport report dubbed Navigating Stormy Waters , has stated the capacity of Irans maritime fleet has increased by one percent or 190,000 heaps in 2022.

In 2021, the capacity of the Iranian shipping fleet was approximated to be 19.251 million tons.The report has put the overall number of the countrys fleet at 255 with an overall capacity of 19,441,051 tons at the end of 2022.

In 2021, Irans maritime trade fleet had gotten eight new vessels, and in 2022, one more ship was added to the nations fleet, therefore bringing the number to 255.

Based on the report, in 2022, Iran has actually preserved its position as the owner of the worlds 22nd-biggest maritime fleet in terms of capacity.The UNCTAD data suggests that the Iranian shipping fleet represent 0.89 percent of the worlds overall shipping capacity.UNCTAD has put the overall variety of the worlds business ships, consisting of tankers, container ships, and bulk providers at the end of 2022 at 55,037.

The overall capability of the mentioned ships is approximated at 2,180,058,307 loads in 2022, which has increased by 2 percent over the previous year.The capacity of Irans maritime fleet has been higher than three major developed countries, specifically France, Italy, and Canada; and the U.S., as the worlds largest economy, has just three times the maritime trade capability of Iran.

Nations like the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil also have smaller sized shipping fleets than Iran.According to the UNCTAD report, Greece has the largest maritime fleet on the planet in terms of cargo-carrying capability.

The capacity of the Greek fleet is 384 million lots.

The total number of Greek ships is approximated at 4,870.

Professionals think that having a large maritime fleet has actually played an essential function in Irans resilience versus the U.S.

sanctions, and by using this big fleet, the Islamic Republic has actually had the ability to neutralize the economic sanctions to a big extent.EF/ MA