Future of Container Shipping in Iranian Ports: Traffic and Connectivity Index Forecast

Table 6

Results of container traffic forecasting in the target ports (Shahid Rajaee port, Imam Khomeini port, Chabahar port, Bushehr port) in 2025.

Scenario	Item	Types of container ships (DWT)
		<10000	10,000 to 30,000	30,000 to 60,000	60,000 to 80,000	80,000 to 120,000	120,000 to 150,000	>150,000	Total of container ships
	Shahid Rajaee port
First	Number of container ships	334	1,365	824	289	204	3	1	3020
	Carried cargo	1,135,450	19,580,250	25,338,000	15,172,500	13,464,000	277,200	113,400
Second	Number of container ships	415	1,135	766	349	222	8	2	2897
	Carried cargo	1,323,550	16,219,650	23,554,500	18,322,500	14,652,000	739,200	226,800
Third	Number of container ships	338	470	415	286	193	106	139	1947
	Carried cargo	1,507,050	7,501,500	12,761,250	15,015,000	12,738,000	9,794,400	15,762,600
	Imam Khomeini port
First	Number of container ships	405	207	13	10	19	0	0	654
	Carried cargo	1,270,350	2,204,000	273,000	432,000	946,200	0	0
Second	Number of container ships	442	258	16	13	5	0	0	734
	Carried cargo	1,218,150	2,747,200	336,000	561,600	249,000	0	0
Third	Number of container ships	83	55	61	36	26	0	0	261
	Carried cargo	306,450	732,000	1,281,000	1,555,200	1,294,800	0	0
	Chabahar port
First	Number of container ships	164	615	0	0	0	0	0	779
	Carried cargo	602,000	4,833,000	0	0	0	0	0
Second	Number of container ships	43	660	0	0	0	0	0	703
	Carried cargo	120,400	5,320,800	0	0	0	0	0
Third	Number of container ships	56	100	78	52	0	0	0	286
	Carried cargo	274,400	1,096,800	1,918,800	2,184,000	0	0	0
	Bushehr port
First	Number of container ships	69	202	5	0	0	0	0	276
	Carried cargo	253,080	2,352,000	120,000	0	0	0	0
Second	Number of container ships	14	220	3	0	0	0	0	237
	Carried cargo	58,800	2,609,600	72,000	0	0	0	0
Third	Number of container ships	39	63	68	0	0	0	0	170
	Carried cargo	218,400	890,400	1,632,000	0	0	0	0