the Iranian Minister Mohammad Eslami is to embark for
Chabahar in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province to inaugurate several
projects in Chabahar's Shahid Beheshti port.
The Iranian minister will arrive in Chabahar on Wednesday
heading a delegation comprised of his deputies, some Parliament members, senior
officials from the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran (PMO), and some
other Iranian top officials.
Eslami will launch several development projects in Shahid
Beheshti port including a container terminal and a terminal for refrigerated
containers, a multi-purpose warehouse, a strategic equipment building, power
and water supply projects, a firefighting network project, and private sector
investments projects and etc.
As Aghaei said, the inaugurated projects seek several major
targets.
"Having the projects operational, Shahid Beheshti
port's traffic will be increased dramatically," he said, "That means
the total amount of net tons, containers, or twenty-foot equivalent units
(TEU's) of products imported into or exported out of the port would
increase."
"The projects will also increase the maritime transport
in Chabahar and Shahid Beheshti port," Aghaei added.
"The projects launched, Iran can enjoy a remarkable
growth in transit of its goods to regional countries, accordingly," the
official noted.
He expressed content that the inaugurated projects will also
set a proper bed for further absorption of Iran's private sector investments.
Aghaei reiterated that by increasing its trade transactions
with regional countries via Shahid Beheshti port, Iran can improve the
competitiveness of its export products with foreign rivals, as well.
He also informed that in the past Iranian calendar year
(ended on March 20, 2020), exports from Chabahar port increased 37 times while
the transit of goods at the port witnessed a 180-folded growth.