First Iranian-made ocean liner launched

The first Iranian-made ocean liner dubbed as "Iran-Arak" was launched to the high seas in the Persian Gulf, on Thursday, 20 August 2009. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended in the launching ceremony which was held also in the presence of the minister of industries & mines in the Bandar Abbas. After the launching ceremony, the oceangoing ship began its first voyage in the Persian Gulf waters. The Iranian ocean liner is 185 meters long, 30 meters wide, and has the capacity of carrying over 30,000 tons of cargo, or some 2200 containers. It has been made by Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Company (ISOICO). The Iran-Arak is the first of the 5 ocean container ships which Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) is scheduled to build. Another ship named Iran-Shahr-e-kord was launched tentatively. Minister of Industries and Mines Ali-Akbar Mehrabian said in the ceremony that 40 industries are directly related with the shipbuilding industry. For the next two decades, Iran will need to add 500 ships to its fleet, including 120 oil tankers. Domestic production will cost 14 billion Euro, however, if the ships are bought from abroad the cost will triple to 42 billion Euro.
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[samihmo]

God bless the hands that made this ship

[Nari8258]

به خدا اشک شوق از شدت افتخار در چشمانم حلقه بسته! آفرین بر شما فرزندان ایران زمین.‌ای فرزندان کورش کبیر؛‌ای فرزندان سلمان فارسی‌؛‌ای وارثان سعدی و حافظ، و فردوسی و مولانا و هزاران عالم و دانشمند و فیلسوف پر افتخار دیگر؛‌ای ایرانیان با اصالت؛ پیروزی و پیشرفتتان مبارک

[MrDangarasd]

mashahllah,allah u akbar,im proud of a muslim country like iran,self seficins country,america and their poppet countries r soooo juelice right now to see a muslim country under their snction is so addvance and making their needs by it self,zenda baad iran islami,MARG BAR DUSHMANAN E IRAN ISLAMI.

[mjavadi84]

mashalah, khoda ghovat

[kessmypersainass]

zendeh bad iran zamin!!!!!!!

[Nari8258]

عجب دیوانه‌هایی‌ هستید شما؛ یعنی‌ ما به پیشرفتهای کشورمان افتخار نکنیم؟ اینطور به نظر می‌رسد که هرچقدر ایران پیشرفته تر، قوی تر، مستقل تر، و آزاد تر میشود، حرص خوردن و دیوانگی شما لوس آنجلسی‌ها هم بیشتر میشود... تا کور شود هر آنکس که نتواند دید