Iran has launched a first section of a key rail link to Chabahar, its only ocean port on the Sea of Oman.
Iran’s transportation ministry (MRUD) says construction works for the first phase of a key rail link to the ocean port of Chabahar has finished.
Chabahar Port handled 1.78 million tons of goods during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), registering a 29% rise in throughput compared with the similar period of last year.
Uzbekistan hopes it could significantly increase its trade with India and other countries through a key corridor that passes through Iran.
Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber said on Sunday that Tehran welcomes increased investment in Chabahar Port in southeastern country.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited Shahid Beheshti port at Chabahar in Iran to review the progress in the development of the port, an official statement said.
India has vowed its commitment to development works at Iran’s port of Chabahar as a top Indian minister says the port will remain key to New Delhi’s plans to boost trade with landlocked countries in Central Asia.
Tashkent’s accession to the Chabahar Agreement is nearing completion, Chairman of the newly-formed Iran-Uzbekistan Joint Chamber of Commerce Mousa Aghaei said on Saturday but provided no more details.
A new direct shipping route between Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar and Indian ports of Nhava Sheva and Kandla will open next month with the arrival of a container service at Shahid Beheshti port, an Iranian official says.
India has agreed to increase its freight transit through Iran to help more traffic pass through the strategic port of Chabahar, according to the Iranian transportation minister Rostam Qassemi.