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Bandar Shahid Bahonar 27º08'N 56º12'E

The Port of Bandar Abbas is composed of two sections. The new port area is called the Shahid Rajaie Port Complex, and the older port is called Shahid Bahonar. The port of Shahid Bahonar is located in 27º08' N and 56º12' E from the sea position in north of Qeshm Island at the entrance of the Persian Gulf. Shahid Bahonar port is located 8 km west of city of Bandar Abbas and is connected to Tehran and other cities by air, paved roads and newly opened railway system.

Shaid Bahonar port plays host to nearly 5% of the total Iran’s port activities. It also serves as a transit route and transportation hub due to its 12 berths and access to open seas as well as its proximity to the Persian Gulf littoral states. Shahid Bahonar is one of the most active southern ports of Iran for both passenger and freight transport. The port enjoys a strategic position due to its proximity to the Persian Gulf littoral states and the Iranian islands of Qeshm and Kish. Bandar Shahid Bahonar enjoying 12 berths, access to open seas, proximity with the Persian Gulf littoral states and having proper depth of water for mooring has been turned into a strategic and important commercial port in the region.

Shahid Bahonar Port in Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran, plays a major role in export and transit of goods and commodities, and thus it has been a prime candidate for further development. Hamid Reza Mohammad-Husseini, the managing director of Port and Maritime Organization of Shahid Bahonar confirmed that the area of the port has been extended to 378000 square meters. According to a May 15, 2019 Iran Press report, the port itself is one of the oldest in Hormozgan province, and it is a multi-purpose port. It serves as a main hub for export and transit of goods in southern Iran. Shahid Bahonar port has easy access to the high seas and the ocean, it is close to the Persian Gulf littoral states, and well connected to the north-south corridor. Thus it is considered a strategic commercial port of southern Iran. Shahid Bahonar port is ideally located for transit of goods and commodities to Turkey, Russia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.

A deputy at Ports and Maritime Organization of Shahid Bahonar in Bandar Abbas said 13 October 2014 that export of non-oil goods in the first half of the current year increased by 231% as compared to the same period last year. Qassem Askari-Nasab said during the period, 28,470 tons of non-oil goods were exported from Shahid Bahonar Port which showed an increase of 231% in comparison with the last year. Chemicals, agricultural and mineral substances in addition to fruits and vegetables, protein, iron and construction materials were major export commodities from Shahid Bahonar to the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. He said about 985,178 tons of oil and non-oil products were exported from the port since the start of the current year (March 21) up to the end of Shahrivar (September 22). According to Askari-Nasab, in the field of container operations 1,604 TIUs had been reloaded and unloaded in the current year which shows an increase of 2.5% over the previous year.

Oil exports from the Shahid Bahonar port in the south of Iran increased by 40% over the past four months, according to the director general of the port. According to the Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO)-Hormozgan province branch, the director general of the Shahid Bahonar port Hamid Reza Mohammad Hosseini presented a report August 7, 2018 on the exports of oil products through the Shahid Bahonar port over the past four months (since the start of the Iranian year on March 21), indicating a 40% increase in the exports compared to the same period last year. Hosseini also said the issuance of cabotage on non-oil goods has also increased by 116% in Shahid Bahonar port. He further reported that 1.4 million passengers travelled through the two ports of Shahid Bahonar and Shahid Haghani in Hormozgan province, showing a 5% increase.

Over 40,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) were loaded and unloaded in Shahid Bahonar Port, in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province, in the first 10 months of the current fiscal (through Jan. 21), a provincial official affiliated to Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization said. “The figure shows the strategic port has handled 32% more TEUs in the past ten months in comparison to the similar period of last year,” Hamidreza Mohammad Hosseini, the director general of Shahid Bahonar Port said on February 6, 2019. The cabotage of non-oil goods in the port amounted to 112,000 tons over the same span, registering a 38% hike year on year.