According to our reporter the ceremony, attended by senior executives and managing directors of IRISL subsidiaries, was opened by recitation of verses from the holy Quran.
Addressing the gathering,Mr. Mohammad Hussein Dajmar, IRISL Chairman and managing director said, "I thank God that I have been given a chance to meet my former colleagues as the Company's new chairman and request them to pray to God to help me to discharge my heavy duties in the most efficient manner and leave an acceptable record for my successor when I leave IRISL," said the chairman adding that during the 37th year of establishment of IRISL and its subsidiaries the Company has increased its cargo transportation capacity by 6 folds compared to pre-revolution era and now ranks as first carrier in the region.
Confirming that IRISL is recognized as a reputable and dependable carrier in the region, the managing director said IRISL owes its good name and reputation to the excellent performance and strenuous efforts of its dedicated employees and directors and it would be appropriate to thank both the present and retired workforce for their contribution to the Company's success.
"However, we must not be content with our present record and must aim at excellence. Our employees must feel that they are working in the best organization in the country. Our clients must feel they are being served by the best shipping carrier recognized on the international level and our shareholders must be assured that our employees are running the Company in the best possible manner. We must acquire first class modern technology in information and telecommunication and try to become the biggest carrier in the region. If we add eager for progress to our knowledge we can surely reach the peak of excellence in maritime transportation. Our aim is collective and harmonious work; we must have definite goals and strategies and we must try to complement and finish measures taken in the past for the modernization of our fleet. We must devise our long term development targets and set them as a platform for our operation," said IRISL managing director.
He said IRISL must continually revolutionize, update and amend its technology, policy and behavior, work in a systematic manner and give priority to client choice. In other words IRISL must revise and update its regulations and policies according to the requirements of the age.
"We must be realistic in the assessment of our defects and the challenges the Company is facing and try to address our problems in a united and coordinated manner. We must always seek innovation and scrutinize our performance and mend ourselves. We must move with the exigencies of the time because we will stagnate like a still water in a pond. In the meantime we must explore new technologies and add them to our own and undertake to complement each other's abilities. In other words all our employees must feel themselves committed to their duties and responsibilities and be vigilant and offer the best service to clients."

Kish island in the Persian Gulf saw the holding of the second Iranian marine equipment exhibition, in which attenders including MH Dajmar, new chairman and Managing Director of IRISL, as well as top executives of shipbuilder ,ISOICO had participated.
Mr. Dajmar, who already headed up IRISL once before in the late 1980s/early 1990s, tells Seatrade that he will continue the policy of internationalisation that has since intervened at the dry bulk and liner operator. 'IRISL has a Development Expansion Plan approved by shareholders following our privatisation five years ago and we will continue to follow that,' he says. IRISL currently owns 88 vessels of 3.5m dwt - or 119 of 4m dwt including subsidiaries - and holds newbuilding orders at foreign yards for five more panamaxarea for domestic expansion and IRISL has a further eight Volga-type tankers of around 7,000 dwt Which are supposed to be built at Russian and Iranian yards there. It also enjoys jv with NITC to develop a fleet of petrochemical carriers, to handle exports from Iran's South Pars oil field. In addition, IRISL is involved in domestic port operations, where it is negotiating to take over a box terminal at Bandar Abbas, and in intra Persian Gulf passenger ro - ro shipping, via subsidiary Valfaj Shipping.

during a ceremony held on 28 Feb, 2006 in Chinese port of Shanghai ,the 74000 ton Panamax Bulk-carrier" Iran Birjand "joined IRISL Fleet. The Delivery ceremony was conducted with the attendance of Dr. Mir Mohammad Sadeqi, advisor to Minister of Commerce and General Manager of Ministerial Office as well as IRISL Member of conducted with the attendance of Dr. Mir Mohammad Sadeqi, advisor to Minister of Commerce and General Manager of Ministerial Office as well as IRISL Member of The vessel is to depart or 4 March towards Australia and having been embarked there sail back to the Sout Iranian ports. Joining of this vessel increased transportation capacity of the fleet by 19. per cent.
Having 225 m length, 32 r width and speed of 14.7 marine knot, Iran Birjand was delivered to IRISL 129 days sooner than due time thanks to precise supervision of the Iranian engineers and experts.

A ceremony was held on November 6 to mark conclusion of the Second Festival on the iranian Sea Photos attended by the acting commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy/ managing director of Ports and Shipping Organization, managing director of IRISL, shipping executives and officials and artists.
First of all Mr. Mohammad Hussein Dajmar, managing director of IRISL, paid tribute to the Baseej Week and the martyrs of the Iranian navy who had sacrificed their lives to defend the country .
He said: respecting art was actually respecting our culture and holding Sea Photos festival was an important undertaking.
"I wish to pay my respects to all photographers in this gathering on behalf of IRISL. Although few cameramen and camerawomen have participated in the festival, they reflect Iranian culture and art and honoring cameramen means respecting all the artists in the country. This means that we know the value of art in the country and are aware that artists can elevate the country's rank," said the head of IRISL.
He added ' mankind has always been in need of art and in the modern age the country needs it more than ever.
"In order to know their conditions every country needs to register its culture and among them artistic pictures are precious documents that portray our country's past and present.
I consider the Festival as an important event and believe that with its vast shoreline, our history of shipping and the growing need for marine transportation, it is necessary for us to hold artistic festivals and propagate shipping culture, said Mr. Dajmar adding that the pictures sent to the festival have shown that shipping industry cannot be properly propagated unless it is introduced the people through artists and photographers.
Thanking all the artists, the jury and the secretary festival, he expressed hope that the event would always be remembered by all photographers in the country and would encourage new photographers to attend future festivals and better portray the shipping industry.