Final UN annex records post-ceasefire allocations for commercial-port reconstruction

Iran prepared a plan covering 18 airports: some damaged, others needing expansion, and others to be built. The annex’s project count therefore should not be read as 18 airports all destroyed by war or...

Iran estimated the foreign-exchange component at 85.6 percent of remaining air-transport reconstruction costs. Aircraft, parts and airport equipment imports drove substantial needs; this forecast...

The storage subsector’s direct losses were reported as 66 percent buildings and installations and 34 percent machinery and equipment. Repairs limited verification; the mission saw a destroyed...

Abadan and Khorramshahr had combined rated capacity of two to three million tonnes yearly but sustained about six million through intensive use over several prewar years. The annex distinguished...

The annex reported Bandar Abbas port construction starting in 1985 and essentially completed during the war, at a cost of $2 billion. Its design capacity was 13 million tonnes annually, providing a...

PSO reported about 3,000 million rials spent dredging the Bahmanshir, additional to commercial-port on-site reconstruction allocations. The annex separated this expenditure from prospective...

The annex suggested rebuilt Abadan and Khorramshahr ports might need remodeling for roll-on/roll-off, feeder-container and heavy-load traffic. The options depended on restored river depths and changes...

The annex proposed Khorramshahr complementing Bandar Abbas through container-feeder or roll-on/roll-off transshipment. This could reduce land haulage from Bandar Abbas to central Iran; it was a...

NIOC estimated crude-oil exports at nearly 90 million tonnes in 1988, described as one of the worst years. The annex showed that oil-export flows continued despite damaged ports; the figure is...

The annex recorded refined-product imports peaking at 13 million tonnes in 1987 and an expected seven million in 1991. The comparison combined a historical peak with an assessment-period forecast, not...