Explosion and fire at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas

Started

2025-04-26 (26 April 2025)

Ended

2025-04-28 (28 April 2025)

Status

ended

Type

Fire

Severity

2 Moderate

Scope

port

Chokepoints

None

Ports

Bandar Shahid Rajaee

Lanes

None

Countries

Iran

Confidence

medium: The date of the explosion and the restart of customs and cargo handling are reported consistently by Iranian state media and two international outlets, but official Iranian figures for the human toll were revised more than once and no port authority page could be retrieved directly.

First reported

2025-04-27 (27 April 2025)

• Severity basis: A container storage area inside the port was out of service for more than 72 hours, with officials saying container removal alone could take up to two weeks, while the rest of the port kept working.

1. 2025-04-26An explosion and fire break out in a container storage area at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas. [s1] [s3] [s4]
2. 2025-04-27The customs administration says clearance for foreign transit, exports and imports has resumed at the port, starting with essential goods and production shipments. [s1]
3. 2025-04-28Fires at the port are reported extinguished about two days after the blast. Officials say sporadic fires continued in flammable cargo and that clearing damaged containers could take up to two weeks. [s3] [s4]
4. 2025-04-28The Ports and Maritime Organization says loading and unloading are running normally at the unaffected terminals and yards, with 26 ships alongside, and that rebuilding of the damaged area has begun. [s2]

No corrections to this record as of 2026-09-16 (16 September 2026).

1. [s1] Tehran Times, Cargo transit, transport operations resume at Shahid Rajaee Port, published 2025-04-27 (27 April 2025), accessed 2026-09-15. Archived copy. (press)
2. [s2] Islamic Republic News Agency, Operations are back to normal at blast-hit Shahid Rajaee Port: Official, accessed 2026-09-15. Archived copy. (official)
3. [s3] Al Jazeera, Fires extinguished at key Iran port as explosion death toll rises to 70, published 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025), accessed 2026-09-15. Archived copy. (press)
4. [s4] gCaptain, Fire at Iran's Bandar Abbas Port Contained as Death Toll Rises, published 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025), accessed 2026-09-15. Archived copy. (press)

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APA

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BibTeX

@misc{wfm_explosion_shahid_rajaee_port_bandar_abbas_2025,
  author = {{World Freight Monitor}},
  title = {Explosion and fire at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last updated 2026-09-16},
  url = {https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2025/explosion-shahid-rajaee-port-bandar-abbas-2025/}
}