Amirabad Port or Amirabad Special Economic Zone And Port (Persian: fa: بندر امیرآباد) is the largest port on the Caspian Sea. It is located in the north of Behshahr County, next to the peninsula and the biosphere reserve of Miankaleh in Iran.
| Amirabad Port | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Location | Behshahr, Mazandaran |
| Coordinates | 36°51′00″N 53°21′54″E / 36.850°N 53.365°E |
| UN/LOCODE | IRAMP[1] |
| Details | |
| Opened | April, 2001 |
| Operated by | Port & Maritime Organization of Iran|Port & Maritime Organization |
| No. of berths | 34 |
| General Manager | MohammadAli Mousapour Gorji[2] |
| Deputy Of Marine | Habib allah Talebi[2] |
| Deputy Of Technical | Mehdi Aghapour[2] |
| Deputy Director of Port and Economic | Aliakbar Sayyad[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Website amirabadport | |
The port has been designed in 3 phases, but until 2023 only the first phase has been fully operational.
According to statistics for unloading and loading of goods in 2020, this port is the fourth largest port in Iran, after Shahid Rajaei, Imam Khomeini and Qeshm port, and the largest port in Iran on the shore of the Caspian Sea.[3]
It is connected to the Iran Railway, benefiting from 15 berths with a capacity of 7.5 million tons and from the connection capacity of the North-South International Transit Corridor (INSTC).[4][5] The port, with an area of 1060 hectares, is the largest port in northern Iran.[6]
In June 2023, a US intelligence finding reported that the port was used by Iran to supply Russia with both Iranian unmanned combat aerial vehicles (military drones) and equipment for building the Yelabuga drone factory, both for use in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
Amirabad Port at a glance
edit- Cargo warehouse: 6.5 hectares
- Land Area: 1060 hectares
- Annual Capacity: 7.5 million tons
- Berth: 15 berths about 2600 meters
- Draft: 6 meters
- Internal rail network: 25 km
- Cargo storage area: 200 hectares[8]
References
edit- ^ "UNLOCODE (IR) - IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF". service.unece.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Contact with Authorities - Ports & Maritime Organization(Amirabad Port)". Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Annual statistics of cargo unloading and loading by Iranian ports". Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ "Phase 2 of AmirAbad Port Special Economic Zone opens/300 jobs to be created".
- ^ "Export from Amirabad port up by 35% - Mehr News Agency".
- ^ "Amirabad Port Projects on Fast Track". 12 April 2017.
- ^ Madhani, Aamer (9 June 2023). "White House says Iran is helping Russia build a drone factory east of Moscow for the war in Ukraine". AP News. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Amirabad Port". Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
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