Some scores of heavy transportation companies are meeting in Iran to explore the country for business opportunities, seizing the removal of sanctions that is going to give the country an economic boom. Trend has conducted interviews with a number of the representatives asking their views about the new situations.
"I ham hear to learn more about the situations; see which companies are more willing to use our port," Robert Jan Timmers, business developer at Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands told Trend April 27.
Speaking on the sidelines of Iran Heavy 2016 conference that was held in Novotel Hotel on the premises of Imam Khomeini International Airport to the south of the capital city of Tehran, Timmers hoped that as soon as remaining banking issues are raised, business with Iran will become possible.
Years-long economic sanctions that had crippled Iran's economy were removed by the implementation of a deal with world powers in January. Yet, foreign banks have not shown strong-enough determination to start relations with Iranian partners.
Mohsen Sharifi, Chairman of Board and CEO of the Iranian Pishro Navgan Siraf Internatonal Project Forwarding Co. said, "Nothing special has happened because of banking problems. Sanctions are lifted and the SWIFT connection has been established, but banks still lack enough trust in the situations."
Despite such facts, there are yet some other companies which have been conducting business even at the time of the sanctions.
"We have been working with Iranians for 20 years now, transporting machines and high-added-value goods. But I haven't heard of this problem before. We have been just transporting. We used to bring goods from Europe to Iran," Vincent Mullot, operation manager and shareholder at Orientrans Tas. A.S. told Trend.
"We brought two cargos to Iran for Siemens last year and now we are here to seek more opportunities," James Hopton, Chartering Manager at BBC Chartering said.
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