Hafez Darya Arya Shipping Company will relaunch operations at the Port of Le Havre with a new service from February 2017.

HDASCO, a subsidiary of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, will offer a transit time of 19 days between Le Havre and Bandar Abbas.

The service will call at Bandar Abbas, Asaluyeh, Bandar Imam Khomeini, Bandar Bushehr and Khorramshahr in Iran and Um Qasr in Iraq. It will also call at Malta, Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Xingang, Busan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian and Port Kelang.

“HDASCO Line is a well-known shipping line at the Port of Le Havre,” said Hervé Cornède, commercial and marketing director at HAROPA – Port of Le Havre. “Before the embargo, the Iranian container ships called at Le Havre every week between 2006 and 2009, connecting the main Iranian ports.”

According to the port, the service will call at the Terminal de France every Tuesday and will be handled by the Générale de Manutention Portuaire.

Worms Services Maritimes will act as the agent for HDASCO in France.

“This is a great opportunity offered to the French importers and exporters who wish to develop their trade with Iran,” said Jean-Marc Peltier, liner department manager of the agency. “This country, which has around 80 million inhabitants, is a high-potential market, especially regarding the sectors of chemistry, agri-food (flour, milk, etc.), cosmetics, electrical appliances, retail and of course automotive trade as well as oil and gas. While world trade with traditional Asian partners is slowing down, promising perspectives with the Iranian market are most welcome.”