Chabahar Port News
Follow the latest updates about the inauguration of Chabahar Port's Phase 1, which takes place on December 3, at the presence of President Hassan Rouhani and high-profile officials from 13 countries.
You can also find news about Iran's Chabahar Free Trade Zone including stories about the development of Chabahar Port, foreign investment, tourism, Indian partnership.
December 18, 2019 19:40
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December 18,2019Forty-eight companies have signaled their readiness to make investments in Chabahar’s Shahid Baheshti Port projects from March 21 to Nov. 21, indicating a 33% rise in the number of investment bids... -
November 01,2019Chabahar Port handled a total of $800 million worth of commodities in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) to register a 50% growth compared with the year before, according to the director of... -
September 30,2019Iran and Italy are planning to launch a direct shipping route from Iran’s southeastern Chabahar Port to Italy’s northern port city of Venice. The plan was discussed in a meeting between the head... -
September 27,2019Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday a day before the prime minister addressed the world... -
September 10,2019Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran has launched a nationwide scheme to convert commercial ports into smart harbors, starting with Chabahar Port. -
September 06,2019Currently, only 10% of the capacity of Chabahar Port are being utilized, the deputy industries minister for commercial affairs said. "This is while Chabahar has the capacity to host vessels... -
August 06,2019Shipping services between Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti Port and Indian ports are available on a weekly basis, Behrouz Aqaee, director general of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Sistan-... -
February 26,2019"Chabahar Day" was marked in the strategic Iranian port city located in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province in the presence of representatives of 17 countries, including Afghanistan and... -
February 04,2019More than 3,200 foreigners travelled to Chabahar in Iran's Southeastern Province of Sistan-Baluchestan, during the first nine months of Iranian fiscal year (March, December 2018). -
December 29,2018Some 120,000 tons of wheat and pulses have been exported to Afghanistan, mainly from India, through Chabahar Port in southern Iran since October 2017 when the first such Indian consignment passed... -
December 25,2018With the opening of the Indian Ports Global Limited's office in Chabahar on Monday, Iran has officially leased the operational control of Shahid Beheshti Port to India. The Indian company is a... -
November 16,2018A vessel carrying 72,000 tons of bulk corn from Brazil arrived and unloaded in Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti Port on Thursday. According to the director of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and Maritime... -
November 10,2018Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar will pair with Oman’s Sohar as sister ports in the near future, the head of Sistan-Baluchestan Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Directorate said. "The... -
November 09,2018The United States said on Tuesday it would exempt Iran's Indian-backed port of Chabahar from new sanctions on Tehran, recognizing the value of the project to Afghanistan. -
November 02,2018Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has highlighted the importance of development of Iran's Chabahar Port to bypass Pakistan and reach Afghanistan's market. -
October 24,2018Senior officials of Afghanistan, India and Iran on Tuesday met in Tehran to discuss the development of Chabahar Port, a sign that India is committed to the project despite the threat of looming US... -
October 20,2018India is weighing a rupee-rial payment mechanism for the Chabahar Port project in Iran as it weaves a way around the impending sanctions imposed by the US on the Persian Gulf nation from November 4... -
October 15,2018India and Iran have renewed efforts to operationalize one berth at Chabahar Port amid growing fears of US sanctions on Iran kicking in early next month. -
September 26,2018More than 1,600 tons of shrimps have been produced in 45 farms in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province’s port city of Chabahar
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September 07,2018Iran will hand over the strategic Chabahar Port to an Indian company within a month for operation as... -
August 28,2018As per a recently forged memorandum of understanding between officials from Chabahar Free Trade Zone and the Sharif University of Technology, the prestigious academic institute is to provide the... -
August 20,2018A large crude carrier with a capacity of 50 million liters of diesel has docked at Chabahar’s Oil Terminal on the Sea of Oman, a senior official at the National Iranian Oil Production and... -
August 01,2018India’s first consignment of pulses to be sent to Afghanistan arrived at Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar on Wednesday, the news outlet of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development reported.... -
July 27,2018Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran Mohammad Rastad said India will officially begin the $85 million investment it has committed in Chabahar Port soon. He made the... -
June 09,2018Notwithstanding the plans by the United States to impose fresh sanctions on Iran nuclear deal, India is all set to begin interim operations in the strategically important Chabahar Port project next...
