PMO News Portal - Regarding the increase in grain transit
capacity in Chabahar port, Behrouz Aghaei clarified that the grain silo project
of Shahid Beheshti port of Chabahar will be built on a 3.5 hectare land with
the aim of storing 100,000 tons of grain and creating direct employment
opportunities for 200 people.
The estimated credit for the construction of the grain silo
project is $ 20 million. accelerating the unloading and loading process of
goods, increasing the transit capacity of grain from the CIS countries, increasing
the capacity of receiving, storing and storing bulk goods and increasing the berthing
capacity of ships are among the main goals of this project, Aghaei highlighted.
The Director General of Sistan and Baluchestan Ports and
Maritime Affairs pointed out that considering the issue of import of some of
the basic goods needed by the country and the transit of Indian wheat donated
to Afghanistan through Chabahar port and increasing the export and import of
grains in this strategic port; implementation of such projects is of great
importance.