Captain Arman Jahan Bigleri pointed out that our country has 5800 kilometers of coastline in the north and south and that we should be able to make the best use of the country's maritime and port capacities in our coastal strip, he said : we should have good planning and explanatory plans Economically, let's create the conditions to transform the country's maritime transport.

He continued: "Fortunately, we do not lack maritime and port capacities and we have suitable quays, but we must be able to change the conditions of activities in the maritime and port sector by creating the necessary infrastructures and gradually developing the harbors. "

The Chairman of the Board of the Seamen's Union, pointing out that unfortunately our people do not know the sea and the maritime capabilities of the country very well, said: We need to improve people's knowledge of this God-given capability of the country by creating cultures around maritime activities and trades related to the sea.
Captain Biglari said that developed countries have put the development of coastal cities on their agenda and the main population of these countries is concentrated in coastal and port cities, he said: We have to create an attraction for the inhabitants of the coastal cities of the country to assist in their migration from the central cities to the coastal strip; Unfortunately, the situation in our country has become such that due to the availability of facilities in the central cities and provinces as well as the deprivation and lack of facilities in the coastal strip, we are witnessing a reverse migration of people .
Emphasizing that the economic opportunities of the sea should be identified, he said: we should follow the example of developed countries and localize in some cases, to improve the economic situation of the sea and the port for the country and witness the prosperity of the country's economy. by sea transport.
The Chairman of the Board of the Seafarers' Union, stressing that the strength of the country compared to its neighbors and to many other countries in the world, is its young and expert workforce, said: We must be able to make the most of the youth in the maritime and port sector and power By signing a memorandum of understanding with neighboring countries, we are even witnessing the employment of young Iranians abroad in the maritime field.
According to Captain Bigleri; In addition to manpower, our country has an extraordinary transit capacity, and due to the war between Russia and Ukraine and the conditions occurring in the region, we can serve as a transit bridge for use our maritime and port capacities in the North-South Corridor in the best way and use the east and the west.
It should be noted that recently Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ayatollah Khamenei in a meeting with a number of naval commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army said: The use of The opportunity of the sea and its enormous capacities should become a public culture in the country. Despite this history and the long sea coasts of northern and especially southern Iran, the culture of utilizing the opportunities of the sea has been neglected in the country and should become the general culture of the people.
He also pointed to the maritime records of Iranians in the past, which caused the transfer of Islamic and Iranian culture and civilization to other parts of the world, and noted: In recent years, the development of coast of Makran has been discussed and the governments have welcomed it, but there has been serious progress in this area.