TIDEWATER MIDDLE EAST COMPANY IS THE MAJOR CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATOR IN IRAN WITH MORE THAN 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE. SINCE 1994 WE HAVE BEEN THE MAIN CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATOR AT BANDAR ABBAS (SHAHID RAJAEE PORT COMPLEX) WHICH IS THE MAIN GATEWAY OF CONTAINERIZED CARGO TO OR FROM IRAN WHERE 90% OF THE COUNTRY'S TOTAL IRANIAN CONTAINER THROUGHPUT HAVE BEEN HANDLED.
BY HANDLING 1,150,000 ,OUR TARGET OF 1 MILLION TEU PASSED IN 2004,OUR CONTAINER THROUGHPOTREACHED 1,300,000 TEU IN 2005 AND WE HAVE APLAN TO INCREASE OUR TARGET BY MINIMUM 10% ANNALLY. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE OPERATION IS GOING ON SMOOTHLY, SHAHID RAJAIE CONTAINER TERMINAL IS FULLY CONTROLLED ONLINE BY SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE (TCTS) WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY TIDEWATER "IT" DEPARTMENT.
THIS SOFTWARE IS CONNECTED TO AN ADVANCED WEBSITE www.tcts.ir . THE CLIENTS (INCLUDING SHIPPING LINES, SHIPPERS, FORWAREDERS, TRADERS, ETC) ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE ONLINE DATA ABOUT VESSEL'S OPERATIONS ,CONTAINER TRANSACTION AS TARIFFS AND OTHE USEFUL INFORMATION.
SHAHID RAJAEE PORT COMPLEX AS IRAN'S  MOST ACTIVE CONTAINER TERMINAL HAS AN IDEAL GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION IN PERSIAN GULF WITH MINIMUM DEVIATION FROM MAIN SHIPPING LANES,THE COMPLEX PROFITS FULLY EQUIPPED CONTAINER PIERS, EDI FACILITIES,AS WELL AS THE MOST COMPETETIVE RATES IN THE REGION AND FLEXIBILITY TO MEET CUSTOMERS NEEDS.SHAHID RAJAEE PORT COMPLEX WITH DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASE IN CONTAINER THROUGHPOT,IMPROVED ITS POSITION TO THE 69TH TOP CONTAINER PORTS IN 2005 FROM 73RD IN 2003 AND 96TH 2002 PRESENTLY MOST WELL KNOWN SHIPPING LINES SUCH AS IRISL, CMA-CGM, EVERGREEN, IGNAZIO MESSINA, K-LINE, MAERSK ,MSC, NYK, PIK, REGIONAL CONTAINER LINE(RCL), UASC, SIMATECH,YML,COSCO,HANJIN,CHIA SHIPPING CONTAINER LINE,OEL,SEA CONSERCIU, AND WANHAI HAVE DIRECT AND REGULAR SERVICES TO SHAHID RAJAEE PORT COMPLEX. OPM FOCUSING ON BANDAR ABBAS CONTAINER TERMINAL'S ELERATION TO A HIGHER INTERNATIONAL POSITION AS A REGIONAL TRANSSHIPMENT,HUB TIDEWATER CO.DECIDED TO ESTABLISH MARKETING RELATION WITH AN INTERNATIONAL OPERATOR AND MANAGER.HENCE,"OVER SEAS PORT MANAGEMENT (SINGAPORE)COMPANY(OPMS)" HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS PURPOSE.TIDEWATER CO.BELIVES OPM CAN HELP BANDAR ABBAS CONTAINER TERMINAL TO RAISE PRODUCTIVITY AND TERMINAL CAPACITY,ACCELERATE THE TURNAROUND AT BERTH AND BUILD UP ITS STATUS AS A STRONG REGIONAL TRANSSHIPMENT TRANSIT TERMINAL FOR COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND PERSIAN GULF,AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AROUND THE CASPIAN SEA(CIS COUNTRIES).OPM WAS FOUNDED IN 2003 BY MANAGING DIRECTOR MMJ SUBRAMANIAM AND OTHER FORMER SENIOR PSA(PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY)EXECUTIVES.OPM HELPED ADEN CONTAINER TERMINAL IN YEMEN TO REGAIN ITS STATUS AS A SIGNIFICANT TRANSSHIPMENT TERMINAL WHEN IT SUFFERED A BIGLOSS OF CONFIDENCE AND DROP IN THROUGHPOT IN 2003.BANDAR ABBAS CONTAINER TERMINALEXPANSION:BANDAR ABBAS CONTAINER TERMINAL EXPANSION PLAN IS GOING ON IN TWO PHASES BY PORT AND SHIPPING ORGANIZATION(PMO).IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PLAN THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN MARCH 2007 IS DEDICATED TO CONSTRUCTING SECOND CONTAINER TERMINAL AT BANDAR ABBAS.IN THIS PHASE 850 M OF QUAY LENGTH WITH 17M DEPTH AND A 70HA CONTAINER YARD WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.IT IS SCHEDULED TO USE 8 SUPER POST PANAMAX GANTRY CRANES IN THE FIRST PHASE.PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AFTER 2009 ,PROVIDING APPROXIMATLY 2050M OF ADDITIONAL QUAY LENGTH WITH 16M DEPTH AND 140HA CONTAINER YARD.FOLLOWING THIS EXPANSION,THE TOTAL ANNUAL CAPACITY AT BANDAR ABBAS WILL EXCEED 6 MILLION TEU.

GENERAL CARGO OPERATION IS THE SECOND BIGGEST ACTIVITY OF TIDEWATER COMPANY IN IRANIAN PORTS.WE HAVE HANDLED 2.4 MILLION TONNES OF GENERAL CARGO IN 2005 MAINLY IN BIK(BANDAR IMAM KHOMEINI),BANDAR ABBAS,KHORAMSHAHR AND AMIRABAD PORT. HANDLING IS THE SECOND BIGGEST ACTIVITY OF TIDEWATER COMPANY IN IRANIAN PORTS. WE HAVE HANDLED 2.3 MILLION TONES OF GENERAL CARGO IN 2004 MAINLY IN BIK (BANDAR IMAM KHOMEINI), BANDAR ABBAS, KHORAMSHAHR AND AMIR ABAD.

BULK CARGO OPERATION

TIDEWATER MIDDLE EAST COMPANY IS THE LEADER OF BULK CARGO HANDLING IN BIK PORT, WHERE HUGE INVESTMENT IS DONE IN 2004,2005 AND 2006. OUR SERVICE IN THIS RESPECT(DISCHARGEING.LOADING,STORING AND BAGGING)ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIK PORT,AND WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF HANDLING BULK CARGO IN OTHER PORTS SUCH AS BANDAR ABBAS ,AMIRABAD & ASALLUYEH.

LIQUID CARGO OPERATION

STUDY FOR LIQUID CARGO OPERATION AND STORAGE IS IN PROCESS.HANDLING OPERATION (PIPE LINE) IS IN PROCESS AND INITIAL CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE LEADING COMPANIES IN THIS RESPECT HAS BEEN MADE IN 2004 WHICH EXPECTING TO BE CONCLUDED BY THE END OF 2005.

PRIVATE TERMINALS