Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported more than 46.075 million metric tons (mt) loadings of crude oil and petroleum products at Iranian ports in the seven months ending October 21.

PMO figures published earlier also showed that the country’s ports had unloaded more than 16.233 million mt of crude and oil products in the April-October period.

Despite the ongoing US sanctions that restrict Iran’s oil sales, reports suggest that the country has managed to steadily increase its exports of crude oil and petroleum products.

Furthermore, the PMO reported that the loading and unloading of non-oil products at Iran’s southern and northern ports totaled more than 73.246 million mt in the seven months to late October.

The data showed that container operation at Iranian ports had experienced a rise over the same period.

The PMO said that more than 1.83 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) had been loaded and unloaded at the Iranian ports in April-October, up 16% compared to the same period last year.

PMO authorities have assured that the threat of Israeli attacks on Iran’s oil installations has hardly impacted operations at Shahid Rajaee port, Iran’s largest container port.