PMO News Portal – During the meeting for equipment
development in Shahid Beheshti port of Chabahar, Farhad Montaser Kouhsari stated
that numerous benefits in Chabahar port, has made this port a suitable and
profitable port for investment by international companies.
He added: Chabahar port; As a strategic port with a privileged
geographical position, can bring significant economic transformation for
neighboring nations by connecting India and Central Asian countries. The
strategic port of Shahid Beheshti, as the only Iranian ocean port in the north
of the Oman Sea, is the closest and easiest way for landlocked Central Asian
countries to access open waters.
Referring to the capacity of 8.5 million tons of Chabahar
port at the first phase of Shahid Beheshti port development, Kouhsari
emphasized: to make optimal use of the available capacity in Chabahar port,
appropriate infrastructure and superstructures have been created in the port.
furthermore, with public and private sector investment, advanced equipment has
been provided for unloading and loading a variety of goods.
Regarding the new equipment arrived at the port as a part of
India's $ 85 million investment commitments in the port of Chabahar, PMO’s
Deputy of Ports and Economic Affairs concluded: Supply of 140 ton offshore
mobile cranes by the Indian company IPGL will be utilized in two fields of
container and transit.