# Bushehr (IR BUZ)

**UN/LOCODE:** IR BUZ  
**Country:** Iran  
**Water Body:** Persian Gulf; Indian Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 28.9833, 50.8333

Bushehr (IR BUZ), the leading commercial port of Iran's Bushehr Province, handled around 3.15 million tonnes a year under normal conditions — containers, dry bulk, petrochemicals and reefer across seven berths at 7.5 to 8 metres depth. Since 28 February 2026, Iran has largely closed and mined the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping; from 13 April to 29 May 2026 the United States simultaneously imposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports, including Bushehr. On 9 September 2026 a US airstrike struck the perimeter of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, located immediately adjacent to the port — the first direct hit on a nuclear facility in this conflict, with US authorities reporting stable radiation levels. By September 2026 shipping traffic through the strait has fallen approximately 95%; no regular commercial traffic is recorded at Bushehr, and Iran is planning a maritime exclusion zone beyond the waterway. Pre-existing sanctions on Iran, the absence of international banking connections and crude oil approaching USD 100 per barrel compound the disruption significantly. Shippers with cargo for the Persian Gulf region should urgently seek alternative routings outside the strait; Bandar Abbas (Shahid Rajaee) and Bandar Imam Khomeini were the larger Iranian alternatives before the conflict began.

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