TransInvest Group

"Iran secured a deal with Switzerland in December for investment in the Aprin dry port. A $25-million contract was signed between the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways and Swiss logistics holding Trans Invest Group, to start work on Aprin transport terminal, 20 kilometers to the southwest of Tehran, where Iran’s north-south and east-west rail transit routes meet." (June 2017)

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"PTB Perse International Forwarding Co. (Tehran), a subsidiary of the Swiss TransInvest Group, has won the tender for the concession to develop and operate Aprin Terminal, 20 kilometers from Tehran. The contract was signed at Iranian Railway headquarters in Tehran on September 18 at an official ceremony. The concession comprises a 25-year license for a so-called BOT (Build – Operate – Transfer) operator model, with a three-year construction phase and 22 years of operations. With an area of approximately 450 hectares, Aprin is to become Iran’s biggest dry port and a modern rail logistics terminal with customs clearance and bonded warehouse. The PTB Group was awarded the contract for the first phase, the development and operation of a 55-hectare sector; the annual capacity will be at 400,000 TEU, the sum invested in the infrastructure of the area will amount to approximately USD 30 million... With a staff of 450 working at 15 locations, the PTB Group is today renowned as one of Iran’s leading logistics services providers." (Think Railways,  "PTB Group to develop Iran's biggest dry port and rail logistics terminal," 10/6/2016).