Infrastructure

Road Connections

The three main connecting routes to the road network of the country are connected to the transit routes of the country:
1. Chabahar –Iranshahr- Zahedan route towards the eastern (Afghanistan) and northeast borders of Iran (Central Asian countries)
2. Chabahar -Iranshahr –Kerman route towards northern and northwest and western borders of Iran (European countries)
3. Chabahar- Jask- Bandar Abbas route towards Southwest Borders

Marine connections
There are two commercial ports with a total capacity of 8.5 million tons per year. With the development plan of Shahid Beheshti port, its capacity reaches to 85 million tons per year.

Air Connection
The nearest international airport of Chabahar is situated in a 45 km distance from Chabahar. Chabahar is connected to the air traffic network through this airport. Chabahar Airport has flights to Zahedan, Mashhad, Bandar Abbas, Tehran and foreign flights to Muscat and Dubai destinations.

Rail Connection
The railway plan to connect Chabahar to the country's rail network is underway and can be operational in near future (the work is going on with %31 physical progress.)

Water
• The existence of Konarak and Tis desalination plants and ongoing plans for production of freshwater from sea water within the boundaries of the town and Chabahar Free Zone
• The existence of three large water supply dams in Chabahar

Electricity
• Connected to Iran's National Power Grid (line 230 KB)
• The existence of Iranshahr, Chabahar, and Konarak power plants with a capacity of 350 megawatts are being upgraded to 500 megawatts
• Planned power generation projects in the form of heavy industry development within Chabahar Free Zone

Telecommunication
• Connected to fiber optic network and providing modern telecommunication services by Iran Telecommunication Company and private companies

Gas and other fuel resources
• The pipeline project is being implemented from the location of Peace pipeline for industrial and domestic use and the development of energy industries especially petrochemical industry.
• Possibility of providing other fossil fuels at lower prices than global prices in the near future

1. Chabahar Free Zone has two ports - Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti ports with 9 posts of jetties with loading and unloading capacity of 1,350,000 ton in year.
2. The jetties can berth 4 vessels simultaneously of up to 45,000 tons of capacity.
3. With regard to existing facilities, the discharge of cargo at least 300 containers within 24 hours
4. There exists the necessary equipment for loading 300 containers within 24 hours.
5. Provision of port, shipping and logistics services with international standards to the all owners of the goods.
6. Availability of open yards and roofed warehouses and roofed with loading and unloading facilities and with imported items.

Wharf specifications

Berthing Facilities:

Construction of five jetties, including two container jetties and 3 public goods jetties with a length of 1700 meters with more than 14.5 million cubic meters dredging, harvesting 203 hectares of land from the sea, building a 1650 meters crusher, producing more than 23 million units and installation of 27 hectares of pavement blocks, implementation of more than 100 hectares of sub-base and sub-grid of pavement, implementation of more than 155 hectares of dynamic density and ironing, implementing 130 hectares of CBM 4, implementing 45 km  of infrastructure facilities, implementing 6 km protection dike, implementation of 215 in place piles, construction of more than 4,200 square meters of building and structures and supply and installation of 42 fender and Bullard and thus increasing the port capacity from 2.5 to 8.5 million tons per year.

Marine and land equipment

Land equipment:

Marine Equipment:

                                                       Marine search equipment

• The capability of accepting Panamax ship with a capacity of 600 tons is provided in this port.

Distance of Chabahar with the world's major ports                                                

Scale Nautical miles

Due to the settlement of ASYCUDA system and to attract experienced workers in the region and Chabahar Customs and acceptance of issued warehouse receipt of Free Zone by Chabahar Customs, customs formalities take place within the minimum time and it is competitive with other customs and without additional costs for loading and unloading.

1. Due to the road connections of Chabahar and existence of transportation companies, the necessary transportation capacity for road transport of goods is available.
2. Chabahar route is the shortest transit route for goods to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (CIS) and East of Russia with the least cost to the transit routes.
E. Chabahar facilities in order to get economic benefits through commercial imports of goods through Chabahar
1. Exemption from cost margin of land and sea transportation of goods to the destination port of Chabahar in comparison with southern ports
2. Repayment of land transport cost from Chabahar Free Zone to commodity owner's warehouses in Iran
3. Exemption from TIIC cost for the transshipment of goods from Bandar Abbas to Chabahar Free Zone
4. Exemption from THC cost in Chabahar if commodities import to Chabahar Free Zone
5. Three month of exemption from warehousing costs
6. Issuance of certificate of origins confirmed by Iranian Customs Administration
7. Goods not being abandoned in Chabahar Free Zone
8. Issuance of negotiable warehouse receipt and divisible warehouse receipt confirmed by Iranian Customs Administration
A. These facilities include Complete Bult up Unit (CBU) and completely knocked down (CKD) as well as the construction machinery.
B. Provided facilities belong to the goods that their entrance salary is at least 19 percents and the value of the goods per container of 40 ft is more than 50,000 dollars