In accordance to the
44th constitutional law, 650 hectares of the BIK port’s hinterland were
designated for the investment of private sectors in production &
distribution centers, assembly, transformation, packaging, etc… according to
the plan forecast 200 hectares of the area are assigned for the access roads,
public areas and etc…The port’s railway route of 27 kilometers connects the
port complex to national railway and annually 4,562,500 tons of cargo are
transported by the railway. In addition to railway system, a budget of about 70
million dollars have been allocated for the investment facilities such as the construction
of 36 kilometers of major & minor roads, sewage systems, water and electricity
network, data, etc… The development of this facilities and a suitable investment
opportunities has made the attraction of an investment over 333 million dollars
in less than 4 years possible and in this effect the port’s operation capacity
of general cargos has increased for up to 16 million tons annually and 7515 job
opportunities (direct & indirect) has been created in province of Khuzestan
At present, 159 hectares
of port’s hinterland has been allocated under 43 private contracts and about
491 hectares are to be transferred to private investors.
-The implementation of the 44th
constitutional law, and the reduction of the governmental sectors incumbency in
ports
-The development of port’s operation
capabilities by the attraction of private sectors.
-The increase of productivity and
quality of port & maritime services by the use of private sectors.
-The development of an advanced
industrial centers in operations such as conversion , assembly , packing and
distribution of cargo
-The development and the mobilization
of the private terminals
-The elimination of multiple cost of
transport and the reduction of the final price of cargo
-The promotion of BIK port from a
traditional port (1st generation) of load and discharge operation port to a
(2nd generation) process and distribution center .
-The qualification requirements of
Iran for joining the WTO (world trade organization )
-To
compete with the other ports of the Persian gulf countries
-To increase the productivity and job opportunity at the
province