The background and service record of shipping association of Iran goes back to the Iranian calendar year 1332 (1953). On that year owing to the difficulties occurred in respect of waiting time for berthing vessels at Khorramshahr, the agents of shipping lines all gathered together to resolve the problem of congestion of vessels at the anchorage of Khorramshahr then considered the most active and important state commercial port. Following this process , the syndicate of shipping lines agents came into existence. This syndicate from the onset dealt with the problem of waiting time of the vessels in a manner that gradualty the congestion difficulty at the anchorages in harmony with Khorramshahr Port Authority was remedied. In the year 1333 (1954) taking advantage of its success in Khorramshahr expanded its activities in other ports of the country including Bushehr, Bandar Imam Khomeini (BIK) (then called Shahpoor) and Bandar Abbas and acted in practice as coordinator among shipping lines agents