The situation of road fleet in the country is represented in the table below. it is demonstrated that yearly 3.3 billion usd is needed in order that the country meet its road fleet renovation plan. in this sector the government welcomes the presence and activity of international and regional transportation & logistics companies especially 3PL logistics companies.
available fleet | Average Age in 2015 | Targetted Age in 2025 |
Number of worn out vehicle |
Yearly Renovation Plan | Projected Yearly Private Sector Investment (billion $) | |
Cargo Trucks & Trailers | 422890 | 17.7 | 15 | 129705 (age of burnout: 25) | 15,000 | 2.7 |
Non-Urban Bus | 20579 | 13.7 | 11 | 6797 (age of burnout:15) | 1,200 | 0.36 |
Mini-Bus | 39107 | 25.5 | 11 | 29060 (age of burnout:15) | 3,500 | 0.24 |
3.3 |
These recyclable vehicles have created a brilliant opportunity for the automobile production and sales companies, providing appropriate conditions such as selling or leasing, banking facilities with convenient repayment period, would provide possibility of great advantages to the investors. Having prepared the framework based on Iran laws, the RMTO announces readiness to collaborate all types of cooperation with the proposers provide best alternative plan.
Cargo Transport Companies
Right now over 4000 cargo transport companies are active in Iran, carrying over 380 million MT commodities nationwide, per year. These companies, from the point of geographical scope of activity are categorized in terms of county, provincial and nationwide and issue bill of loading under certain condition, included over 27 million pages per year. All of these companies are Iranian nationals and are able to carry variety of goods from the origin ports to destinations. Over 860 international transport companies are active in the scope of overseas transport and carry over 4.6 million MT from domestic ports to destinations of European, central Asian and neighboring countries. Carrying all heavy and semi heavy cargos in domestic roads is done by domestic cargo transport companies.Large scaled companies, also known as domestic global companies are permitted to operate and issue bill of lading nationwide in all scopes and the whole goods type. Having received nationwide permission of issuing bill of lading, should have extensive facilities. Nationwide transport companies incorporate two major specification makes them different with other companies:
- Number of owned and covered trucks.
- The possibility of having agencies nationwide.