Port Overview

The port of Chabahar is located in southeastern Iran, north of Oman Sea. One of the features that distinguishes it from other Iranian ports and ports on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf, is its access to international open seas.

Currently, Chabahar port consists of two important commercial ports, named Shahid Beheshti and Shahid Kalantari, on the eastern shore of Chabahar Gulf located in the province of Sistan and Balochistan beside the warm water of the Oman Sea and the Indian Ocean, and being adjacent to two countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and having access to the international waters, and CIS countries, and also being adjacent to Free Trade-Industrial Zone, hence it can play as the regional Hub port.

Afghan traders have responded with enthusiasm to Chabahar ports' potential as a reliable trade and transit offering. Chabahar is considered to offer better transit times for inland transportation to Afghanistan—e.g. it takes 14 days to cover the 1,520 km from Karachi to Kabul including transit clearance and border crossing protocols, while only 6 days to cover the 1840 kms from Chabahar to Kabul.

In July 2020 Islamic Republic Railways (RAI) began track laying on the Chabahar–Zahedan railway project following a ceremony held by RAI officials and representatives from the Government of Iran from the Ministry for Transport. Officials underlined the significance of the railroad and noted that due to its strategic position, Chabahar Port is going to be a gateway for the country’s trade. The railway will provide a link between Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman and connect with the Trans-Iranian Railway, allowing for direct rail freight services between Chabahar port and the rest of Iran, as well as landlocked Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan.

This section provides specifications of Shahid Beheshti port as the main international port in chabahar.

 

Port website: https://chabaharport.pmo.ir/en/home

Key port information may also be found at: http://www.maritime-database.com

 

Port Location and Contact
Country	I.R. Iran
Province or District	Sistan and Baluchistan
Nearest Town or City with Distance from Port	Chabahar
Port's Complete Name	Shahid Beheshti port
Latitude	25.2973 N
Longitude	60.6118 E
Managing Company or Port Authority	Ports and Maritime Organization of Sistan and Baluchistan
Management Contact Person	Mr. Naser Ravanbakhsh
Nearest Airport and Airlines with Frequent International Arrivals/Departures	Chabahar – Konarak International airport

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Description and Contacts of Key Companies

Name of Company	Web Address	Tel	Fax	Email	Physical address
Sepid Bandar-e Makoran Co.	https://www.sepidbandar.com/	+98(54) 322638	+98(54) 35320249	info@bpa.ir	Unit.1, Companies Building, Wharf#5, Shahid Kalantary port,Iran.

For more information on port contacts, please see the following link: 4.4 Port and Waterways Companies Contact List.

Port Performance

The Shahid Beheshti Port is being developed in four phases. Presently Port has a capacity of 2.5 million tons per year. On completion of Phase I the capacity will increase to 8 MTPA. On completion of all 4 phases, port capacity will 82 million tons per year with 32 jetties: 16 multipurpose, 10 containers, 3 oil and 3 dry bulk.

 

Seasonal Constraints
	Occurs	Time Frame
Rainy Season	Yes	From (January) to (February)
Major Import Campaigns	No	From (month) to (month)
Other Comments	INSERT OTHER CONSTRAINT(S) IF REQUIRED

 

Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges

Terminal Handling Charges (THC) in Shahid Beheshti port:

Container size	Import and Returned From import, returned/ transfer (USD)	Incoming/Outgoing empty container (USD)
20 ft	123	65
40 ft	186	89

 

Discharge THC tariff includes: landing from ship (50%), moving to the yard (%20), stowing in the yard (15%) and placing on the truck in the yard (15%) and loading THC tariff includes: stowing in the container yard (15%), placing on the truck (15%), moving to the berth (20%), loading on ship (50%).

2. THC for out of gage containers shall be 120% of the rate of regular containers

3. THC tariff for incoming transship empty containers, in the case of change in their custom procedure shall be calculated according to the tariffs of the empty container.

4. THC tariff of the bundled flat rack containers shall be $40 for 20-ft containers and $60 for 40-ft containers.

Note: In cases where the above-mentioned containers cannot be bundled, empty container tariffs shall be collected for each move.

5. THC tariff for containers shall be collected by the port authority or terminal operator, on its behalf, from the shipping lines or their agents.

6. The THC invoice shall be issued by the terminal operator separately in the name of owner or leaser of containers on the basis of the manifest information and loading lists and shall be sent to their agents in Iran for payment.

7.Handling of all transship containers (full or empty) upon entry into or exit from the port shall be considered, in any phase of loading or discharge operation, as one move.

8.Related charges to handling the containers outside the terminal shall be paid by the consignee or ship agent or cargo owner in accordance with respective tariff rates.

9.Container carrier, ship agents, container owner or his agent shall identify the name of the container owner in the ship's manifest and load lists when sending the EDI files to the Electronic Data Interchange system of the ports having such system (like Shahid Rajaee Port).

Berthing Specifications

Type of Berth	Quantity	Length (m)	Maximum Draft (m)	Comments
Multipurpose Berth	3	860	15 - 16
Container Berth	2	640	-16
Mineral Berth	1	185	-15
Oil Berth	1	265	-14

 

Port Handling Equipment

 

Equipment	Available	Total Quantity and Capacity Available	Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage
Shore mobile crane	Yes	Liebherr- Fantuzzi	Quantity: 3 Capacity: 36-80 tons
Yard mobile crane	Yes	Liebherr	Quantity: 2 Capacity: 60 tons
Yard mobile crane	Yes	Tadano	Quantity: 1 Capacity: 60 tons
Yard-road mobile crane	Yes	Kato	Quantity: 1 Capacity: 35 tons
Yard-road mobile crane	Yes	PPM	Quantity: 4 Capacity: 25 tons
Reach stacker	Yes	Fantuzzi	Quantity: 3 Capacity: 45 tons
Top lift truck	Yes	Kalmar- caterpillar	Quantity: 2 Capacity: 35 tons

Customs Guidance

For latest customs regulations in Iranian ports please refer to the Iran Custom website via below link:

https://www.irica.ir/index.php?newlang=eng

For more information on customs in IR Iran , please see the following link: 1.3 Customs Information. 

Terminal Information

MULTIPURPOSE TERMINAL

Container terminal shall provide services to the container round the clock (24 hours a day).

 Note: Terminal public holidays are: the first day of Iranian New Year (Nowrouz) and 10th day of Mohram Month (Ashura, Arabic Month) from 18:00 hrs of 9 the day (a day prior to Asuhra) until 18:00 of the 10th day (Ashura) In public holidays including Fridays $ 88 overtime per hour for the operation of (gantry crane, transtainer and trucks) shall be charged for Shipping Lines or Agents.

 

MAIN STORAGE TERMINAL

BONDED STORAGE (STORAGE AVAILABLE BEFORE CUSTOMS)
Storage condition	Number of Storage Facilities	Total Area (m²)	Total volume (m³)	Handling requirement
Open air	1	56,000
General cargo (indoor)	3	30,000
Bagged Cargo
Temperature controlled (15 to 25 °C)
Keep Cool (2 to 8 °C)
Freezing Temp (minus 25 to minus 15°C)
Ultra cold-chain temp (minus 80 to minus 60°C)
Narcotics Cage

 

Stevedoring

COMPANY	ACTIVITY
PEYVAND DARYA	Container line (chabahar- khurfegan)
SIRI	General cargo – container
ABRAN JONUB(SOUTH SHIPPER)	General cargo
JADE NOGHREI(SILVER ROAD)	General cargo
JAHAN DARYA( WORLD SEA)	CMA-CGM shipping line agent
HOOPAD DARYA	Container line (chabahar- Bandar abass)
LALEH BALUCH	General cargo
DARYASAN MOTLAGH	General cargo
DARYA BANDAR GHAZAL	General cargo

 

Port Security

For port safety and security facilities please refer to the bellow link:

https://chabaharport.pmo.ir/en/portfacilietes/search