Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Complex Co (ISOICO) is an Iranian ship yard, located on the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz lat/lon: 27°03' N , 57°58' E (37 km west Bandar Abbas City), active as shipbuilder and ship-repairer of different types of vessels and offshore structures.

ISOICO has produced Iran's first ocean liner ship named "Iran-Arak". It was launched in Hormozgan southern city port in 2009. It is 185 meters long, 30 meters wide and 18 meters tall. It weighs over 7000 tons and is able to carry over 30,000 tons of cargo or 200 containers. Iran-Arak can accelerate to 32 knots (59.3 Km/h) and is able to sail 25 days non-stop.^[1][2] "Iran-Shahr-e Kord" is identical to "Iran-Arak" and both ships are produced by ISOICO for Iran Shipping Lines.^[3]

Over the next two decades, Iran would need 500 new ships, including 120 oil tankers, 40 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and over 300 commercial vessels.^[4] In 2009, in a move aimed at further enhancing Iran's shipbuilding industry, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he will ban the purchase of foreign ships by Iranian organizations.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.payvand.com/news/09/aug/1182.html
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.presstv.ir/new/detail.aspx?id=104078&sectionid=351020102
3. ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3479/html/economy.htm
4. ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3479/html/economy.htm

[edit] See also

• SADRA - ISOICO's sister company
• Iran Shipping Lines
• National Iranian Tanker Company

[edit] External links

• Official website

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