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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March 01,2022Indian companies have chosen Pakistani ports over Iran’s Chabahar Port for transporting goods to Afghanistan, despite age-old political conflicts between New Delhi and Islamabad, says the head of... -
October 03,2021The Chabahar Port’s geostrategic location in southeastern Iran will provide wider accessibility for member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to conduct global trade and commerce, says...
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April 09,2021The value of products made in Chabahar in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan has increased 6.2-fold over the past eight years from 1,240 billion rials ($4.91 million) to 7,728...
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February 13,2021Exports from the southeastern port of Chabahar has increased by 381% so far in the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2020) compared with last year’s corresponding period, the head of Sistan-...
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January 18,2021The first batch of India’s strategic equipment for loading and unloading cargos worth $8.5 million has arrived at Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti Port, says Behrouz Aqaei, the head of Sistan-Baluchestan...
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September 07,2020Iran’s free trade zones exported a total of $941 million worth of commodities in the last fiscal year (March 2019-20), which shows a 490% growth compared with 2013 when President Hassan Rouhani...
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August 14,2020A cargo ship carrying 43 containers, including 942 tons of marble blocks, has been sent to China via the southeastern port of Chabahar for the first time, the head of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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September 10,2019Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran has launched a nationwide scheme to convert commercial ports into smart harbors, starting with Chabahar Port.
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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...
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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-...
