PMO Managing Director Reviews Port and Tourism Potential of Golestan’s Western Coastline

The Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and the Managing Director of the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) have assessed the port, maritime, and tourism potential of western Golestan Province, focusing on Bandar-e Gaz, Gomishan, Khajeh Nafas, and Bandar Torkaman.

Mohammad Shakibi Nasab, continuing his visit and inspection of the ports of Mazandaran and Golestan, accompanied by Abdoljalal Iri, the representative of the people of western Golestan Province in the Islamic Consultative Assembly , and Seyyed Mehdi Mahyai, the Deputy for Coordination of Civil Affairs of Golestan Province's Governorship, visited a collection of port and tourism infrastructures and capacities in this region.

This visit was carried out with the aim of a field examination of the port and maritime capabilities of the western part of the province, identifying obstacles and infrastructure needs, and pursuing the grounds for the development of related activities, and the issues and capacities of the region's ports and jetties were examined.

During this visit, the passenger terminal of the Bandar-e Gaz jetty, the Green Caspian Port of Gomishan, Khajeh Nafas Port, and the recreational jetty of Bandar Torkaman were examined, and the Managing Director of the Ports and Maritime Organization closely became acquainted with the status of the infrastructures, operational capacities, existing facilities, and the issues and needs of these complexes.

In these visits, referring to the capacities of Golestan Province in the field of port, maritime, and tourism activities, Shakibi Nasab emphasized the importance of expert examination of the existing infrastructures and the identification of development opportunities in the province's coastal strip.

He also considered the optimal utilization of coastal and maritime capacities as one of the important grounds for the development of port and tourism activities in the region; a subject that, given the geographical position and Golestan's possession of diverse coastal capacities, can be taken into consideration in the development planning of this sector.