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.
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August 02,2020Reefers carrying Iran’s seafood products have been sent to Thailand via the southeastern port of Chabahar for the first time, the head of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and Maritime Organization said... -
July 27,2020A container ship carrying 66,700 tons of sugar from Brazil has arrived at Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti Port and the unloading process is now being conducted using the port’s modern equipment, Mehr... -
July 05,2020The track-laying operation for the railroad connecting the southeastern port city of Chabahar to the eastern city of Zahedan near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan will be launched on July 7... -
May 26,2020The three sections of the railroad project connecting the southeastern port city of Chabahar to the eastern city of Zahedan near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan will be inaugurated by June... -
May 22,2020Over the two-month period ending May 20, imports of essential goods via Iran's southeastern Chabahar Port increased ninefold compared with the corresponding period of last year to reach 541,000...
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May 18,2020For the first time, all five berths of Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti Port have been serving eight vessels simultaneously since last week, Hossein Ebrahimi, an official with Sistan-Baluchestan Ports... -
May 01,2020Seven contracts by the private sector worth 4,080 billion rials ($25 million) were finalized at Chabahar Port last year (March 2019-20), indicating a 20% rise compared with the year before. -
April 18,2020India’s 10th wheat consignment for Afghanistan arrived in Iran’s southeastern Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar on Wednesday, with Afghanistan's Ambassador in Tehran Abdul Ghafoor Liwal in... -
April 06,2020A total of 197,474 tons of essential goods, including wheat, rice and livestock feed, were transported from the southeastern port of Chabahar to the mainland from Feb. 20 to April 3 by 7,586 trucks... -
March 14,2020Two loaded containers were transported successfully from India’s Mumbai to Iran’s Chabahar, which exited through Dogharoun Border crossing to Afghanistan under cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention... -
February 02,2020In India, Rs17,300 crore ($2.41 billion) have been allocated for the Ministry of External Affairs in the budget, with Rs100 crore ($13.98 million) earmarked for the strategic Chabahar Port project... -
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 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 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...
