Chabahar Cargo Handling Up 29%

Chabahar Port in the southern waters of Sistan-Baluchestan Province handled 1.78 million tons of goods during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), registering a 29% rise in throughput compared with the similar period of last year, according to a local official.
“The loading and unloading of essential goods [wheat, rice and other grains] rose by 9% year-on-year, such that growth stood at 6.5% for oil and petrochemicals, and 48.2% for non-oil goods,” Qasem Askarinasab, director general of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and Maritime Organization, was quoted as saying by the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
Since India began operations at Shahid Beheshti terminal of Chabahar Port in late 2018, it has handled bulk cargo transshipments from Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Germany, Russia and the UAE.