Speaking in a videoconference with Iranian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Gholam-Abbas Arbab-Khales, Ahmad-Ali Mouhebati said Sistan and Baluchestan Province, especially Chabahar, enjoy many capacities in trade, economic, and commercial fields, IRNA reported.

Chabahar is connected to high seas and plays a major role in developing trade, he added.

Sistan and Baluchestan is considered an important opportunity for domestic and foreign investors, he said, adding that executive bodies will make all their efforts to start economic activities.

Elaborating on investment opportunities in the province and Chabahar, Mouhebati called for Turkmen economic activists’ investment and participation.

Arbab-Khales also expressed his readiness for maintaining coordination for Turkmen officials’ visit to Chabahar.

He noted that investment delegations will visit the capacities of Chabahar port.

On Sunday, the deputy head of Sistan and Baluchestan Province’s Ports and Maritime Department announced that docking operations were carried out simultaneously for eight ships at Chabahar, for the first time.

“Since last week, eight docking operations, with a total length of more than 200 meters, were carried out in one day in this port,” ILNA quoted Hossein Ebrahimi as saying.

According to Ebrahimi, the boom in the port’s maritime traffic is an indication of a bright future for sustainable development in this oceanic port.

For the second consecutive week, all five berths of Shahid Beheshti Port have been occupied, the official said, adding, “This shows that Chabahar port is gaining a significant place among the ports of the country and the region.”

Chabahar is one of the modern ports in the country in terms of equipment, benefiting from 30 strategic loadings, and unloading devices, according to the official.

“This equipment has played a significant role in the growth of unloading and loading operations, exports, and imports in this port,” he said.

As Iran’s only oceanic port, Chabahar consists of two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti, each of which has five berths.

Iran has awarded the development project of this port to India, and the South Asian country committed $500 million to build two new berths in this port.