A senior Iranian official with the Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) said 9 VLCCs (very large crude carriers) can berth at Kharg terminal for loading.
Gholamhussein Gerami, head of the exports administration of IOTC, said tankers with a capacity to carry 360,000 barrels of oil can berth at the island.
Iran does 94% of its oil exports from Kharg Island in Persian Gulf waters, Gerami said.
Kharg terminal receives the crude oil recovered from oil-rich regions through a number of pipelines to store them in tankers with a capacity up to a million barrels with a total capacity of 28 million barrels which is expected to grow to 32mb.
“That would be a record rate because it will resolve many problems and will boost our standards as an international terminal [in Kharg Island],” IOTC managing director once said.
Some of the tankers can store different crude oil types.