Following the conclusion of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers in Vienna, Austria, a French cargo ship is due to berth in a southern Iranian port in a couple of weeks.
The Andromeda container ship, owned by French shipping company CMA CGM, will dock at Shahid Rajaei Port in southern Iran, said Ebrahim Eidani, the Port and Maritime Organization's director general in Hormuzgan province, Tasnim News Agency reported.
With a length of 363m, a draft of 15.5m, and a capacity of 11500 TEU, the ship belongs to CIMEX service and is scheduled to download and upload 900 TEU after docking in the second terminal of Shahid Rajaei port, he added.
He further noted that Shahid Rajaei port enjoys international standards and thus has been chosen as one of the 10 major destinations of the cargo ship during its shipping route.
CMA CGM S.A. is a French container transportation and shipping company, and the third largest container company in the world. It uses 170 shipping routes between 400 ports in 150 different countries. Its headquarters is in Marseille, France while its North American headquarters is in Norfolk, Virginia.
The ship's stop in Iran would come as part of a new wave of renewed interest in the country after Tehran and the P5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) reached a conclusion over the text of a comprehensive 159-page deal on Tehran's nuclear program on July 14.
The comprehensive nuclear deal between Iran and the six powers would terminate all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran once it goes into force.
Experts believe that Iran's economic growth would rise remarkably after the final nuclear deal takes effect.