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AT Monitoring desk-KABUL: Some 120,000 tons of commodities were transited to Afghanistan from southeastern Iranian Port of Chabahar over the past 14 months, according to deputy head of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran.
Mohammad-Ali Hassanzadeh said that the shipments to the Port
of Chabahar, mostly wheat and cereal, are loaded in four Indian ports.
Referring to a meeting on ways to implement Chabahar Agreement, he said that
determining the transportation corridors and agreeing on executive protocols on
port, road and customs areas were among the main achievements of the trilateral
meeting of Iran, India and Afghanistan.
It is rare in Iran and the entire region that a port can render both transit
and transshipment services at the same time, Hassanzadeh said, adding that
having the shortest distance with Asia-Europe shipping line and bordering with
Afghanistan, Chabahar Port enjoys an exemplary position enabling it to render
both transit and transshipment services.
Based on statistics, India trades nearly 15 million tons of commodities with
Russia and commonwealth of independent states (CIS), part of which is expected
to be transited via the Port of Chabahar, the official said.
With the completion of the first phase of development plan of Chabahar Port,
the capacity of this port grew from 2.5 to 8.5 million tons a year so that it
plays a significant role in transit of commodities from India to
Afghanistan.
