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2021-04-27 15:58
By Ebrahim Fallahi
Iran-China partnership to raise Chabahar port’s global status
TEHRAN - As Iran's only oceanic port on the Gulf of Oman, Chabahar port holds great significance for the country both politically and economically. The country has taken serious measures for developing this port in order to improve the country’s maritime trade.
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2021-04-10 13:50
Over $2.8b spent on natural gas supply to Chabahar port
TEHRAN – Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hassan Montazer Torbati has said that so far about 120 trillion rials (over $2.85 billion) has been spent for connecting the southeastern Chabahar port to the national gas network.
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2021-04-06 14:49
'India doubling down on Chabahar port project as strategic counter to China BRI gains momentum'
By the end of May, India will begin full-scale operations in its first foreign port venture at Iran’s Chabahar, a facility that opens on the Gulf of Oman that will aim to facilitate more South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia trade, Asia Times wrote on Sunday, April 4.
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2021-02-01 12:03
India to accelerate equipping operations in Chabahar port
TEHRAN – Director-general of political office of India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said his ministry has received the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO)’s request for accelerating the importing and installation of equipment for the Chabahar port and India is seriously pursuing the matter.
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2021-01-17 14:56
1st shipment of Indian equipment arrives in Chabahar port
TEHRAN – The first consignment of Indian equipment for the development of port activities at Iran’s Chabahar port worth $8.5 million has arrived in the southeastern port, the director-general of Sistan-Baluchestan Province’s Ports and Maritime Department announced.
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2021-01-08 12:09
VP inaugurates major development projects in Chabahar port
TEHRAN – First Vice President Es’haq Jahangir on Thursday inaugurated four major development projects worth over nine trillion rials (over $214.2 million) in the southeastern Sistan-Balouchestan’s Chabahar port, ILNA reported.
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2020-12-12 14:55
Iran, India, Uzbekistan to hold online meeting on Chabahar port
TEHRAN - Iran, India, and Uzbekistan are going to hold their first online meeting on cooperation in Iran's Chabahar Port on December 14, the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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2020-11-24 12:15
11 cargoes of basic goods loaded, unloaded at Chabahar port since mid-March
TEHRAN – Some 11 large-scale vessels carrying basic goods have been loaded and unloaded at Iran’s oceanic port of Chabahar since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), Behrouz Aghaei, the director-general of Sistan-Baluchestan Province’s Ports and Maritime Department, announced.
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2020-11-22 15:12
Eastern neighbors boost transit through Iran’s Chabahar port
TEHRAN - Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) deputy head for ports and economic affairs said transit of goods through southeastern Chabahar port has increased significantly in recent years due to offered incentives and the development of the port’s infrastructure.
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2020-11-07 10:20
'Chabahar capable of competing internationally as a logistic hub'
TEHRAN- The managing director of Chabahar Free Zone Organization says that Chabahar port city can compete in the international level just when its infrastructures are completed to make the port a logistic hub.
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2020-11-04 17:05
Maritime, port projects launched, inaugurated in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami inaugurated 13 maritime and port projects worth 4.133 trillion rials (about $98.4 million) in Chabahar Port in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on Wednesday.
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2020-09-07 14:22
Non-oil exports via Chabahar port rise 95% in 5 months on year
TEHRAN- Export of non-oil products via Chabahar port, in southeast of Iran, has increased 95 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21), compared to the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced.
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2020-08-19 14:52
7th ship carrying Indian wheat for Afghanistan arrives in Chabahar
TEHRAN- The seventh cargo ship carrying Indian donated wheat for Afghanistan with 352 containers has docked at Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar, southeastern Iran, a provincial official told IRNA on Wednesday.
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2020-07-31 23:04
India can only blame itself for Iran—China strategic partnership
TEHRAN - Indian media has strongly criticized a nascent Sino-Iranian partnership plan that could cloud India’s investments in some Iranian development projects, but an India expert tells the Tehran Times that India’s decision to abide by U.S. sanctions on Iran has led to its loss of the Iranian market.
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2020-07-31 10:59
Aquatic products exported to Thailand from Chabahar port for first time
TEHRAN- Iran exported aquatic products to Thailand from its southeastern Chabahar port for the first time, a provincial official told IRNA on Thursday.
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2020-07-28 12:40
627,000 tons of basic goods unloaded at Chabahar port since Mar. 20
TEHRAN – Some 627,000 tons of basic goods have been unloaded at Iran’s oceanic port of Chabahar since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), IRNA reported quoting Behrouz Aghaei, the director-general of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and Maritime Department.
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2020-07-22 15:32
Chabahar to receive several mobile harbor cranes by Mar. 2021
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) said India has ordered the necessary equipment for Chabahar port’s development project and the port will receive several mobile harbor cranes during the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2021).
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2020-07-15 14:22
BY: Ebrahim Fallahi
India sees Iran a vital trade partner, looks for expansion of ties: envoy
TEHRAN- Economic and political relations between Iran and India date back to centuries ago and the two countries have kept their ties throughout many turbulences and ups and downs.
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2020-07-11 11:44
Chabahar to become Iran’s 3rd trade hub soon
TEHRAN- Given its strategic location as well as infrastructure and capacities, Chabahar Port (in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province) will become the country’s third trade hub soon, the acting minister of industry, mining, and trade stated.
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2020-07-06 14:24
India to save 20% logistic cost in supplies to CIS countries via Chabahar
TEHRAN- By developing strategic Chabahar Port in Iran, Indian will reduce logistics cost by 20 percent in container transport to CIS countries, bypassing China or Europe, Indian Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Lal Mandaviya stated.
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2020-07-01 13:36
Afghanistan transits 76-TEU cargo to India through Chabahar
TEHRAN – Afghanistan has sent 39 containers with a total capacity of 76 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) to India through Iran’s southeastern Chabahar port, IRIB reported, quoting Behrouz Aghaei, the director general of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and Maritime Department.
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2020-06-29 12:55
Basic goods transited to Afghanistan via Chabahar
TEHRAN- Some 14 cargo ships have carried basic commodities for Afghanistan via Shahid Beheshti Port in Iranian southeastern port city of Chabahar over the past two years, according to a local official.
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2020-05-18 14:41
‘Chabahar Port’s capacity for transit an advantage for Turkmenistan’
TEHRAN- The governor of Sistan-Baluchestan Province said Turkmenistan can use the capacity of Chabahar Port (in southeast of Iran) and its trade-industrial free zone for transiting goods, IRNA reported.
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2020-05-17 16:41
Chabahar experiences historic shipment boom
TEHRAN – Docking operations were carried out simultaneously for eight ships at Iran’s Chabahar Port, for the first time in the port’s history, deputy head of Sistan-Baluchestan Province’s Ports and Maritime Department said.
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2020-04-22 18:14
Ambassador lauds services to Indian nationals in Qom amid COVID-19
TEHRAN - The Indian ambassador to Iran has lauded the performance of the Iranian Foreign Ministry as well as the local offices of the health and interior ministries for taking care of the Indian nationals in the shrine city of Qom.
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2020-04-17 15:25
Indian wheat for Afghanistan arrives in Iran’s Chabahar port
TEHRAN - A 75,000-metric-ton consignment of Indian wheat heading for Afghanistan has arrived at Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar to be delivered to the destination country through land borders.
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2020-02-21 14:50
Afghan banks to open branches in Iran’s Chabahar port
TEHRAN – Iran has approved two Afghan banks to open branches in its southeastern strategic port of Chabahar, ILNA reported quoting the Secretary General of Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce Mozafar Alikhani.
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2020-02-07 14:05
India considering trade with central Asia through Chabahar: Indian FM
TEHRAN - Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Thursday that his country could enhance trade with Central Asia via Iran’s Chabahar port, IRNA reported, citing India’s NDTV.
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2020-02-02 17:54
India doubles budget for Chabahar development project
TEHRAN – India has doubled the allocated funding for the development of Iran’s Chabahar port in its national budget bill for 2020, Times of India reported on Saturday.
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2020-01-13 15:18
Warehouse capacity, standards to be elevated in Chabahar Port
TEHRAN- Through construction of new warehouses and also renovating the existing ones, warehouse capacity and standards are planned to be elevated in Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar, according to the head of Ports and Maritime Department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, where the port lies.
