The Ministry of Transport of Qatar has decided this Sunday to end the partial navigation restrictions that it had decreed last Monday, after the death of a Qatari citizen at sea from shrapnel wounds sustained during "military operations in the region" in the context of the Iran war.
In a statement released this Saturday, the Qatari Ministry of Transport has indicated that "maritime navigation activities can now resume normally for all types of vessels and maritime ships, as of the date of this announcement".
The same official text "urges everyone to comply with current maritime regulations and instructions, to ensure the highest levels of safety on all voyages," the note emphasizes.
With this resolution, Doha revokes the notice issued on June 29, which advised to provisionally suspend navigation and fishing activities until further notice, although commercial maritime traffic had remained outside this recommendation.
Reopening of the cargo route between Iran and Qatar
In parallel, Iran's commercial attaché in Doha, Abbas Abdoljani, announced this Sunday the reactivation of the cargo shipping line connecting the Iranian port of Dayyer with the Qatari port of Al Ruwais, after five months of interruption due to the war between the United States and Israel.
Both ports, located at opposite ends of the Gulf, are mainly oriented towards commercial exchange within the region. The port of Dayyer was the target of several attacks during the conflict.
Al Ruwais constitutes one of the main entry points for Iranian exports to Qatar, a country that has assumed a key role as mediator between Iran and the United States to try to end the war. The resumption of this route is expected to contribute to lowering transport costs and speeding up the arrival of goods.