Noshahr / Nowshahr
Nowshahr is the most beautiful Caspian Sea border port due to having significant tourist attractions with suitable geographical position and matchless spectacles. Not technically a navy base, the city of Noshahr in Iran is home to the Imam Khomeini University for Naval Sciences, Iran's naval staff college. Noshahr is along the Caspian, complementing Bandar-e Anzali, the Iranian Navy's primary training base.
Having an area of about 438000 square kilometers, the Sea is the largest lake in the world, wich goes to Black Sea and Baltic Sea through Volga and Volgadon rivers and connects northern ports of the Caspian Sea to northern and southern Eropean ports. The depth of this sea increases southward, so that the depth of northern areas do not exceed 16 meters and reaches a depth of 1000 meters in south and south-western parts. Eighty percent of entering water of the Caspian Sea ia supplied by Volga river. The length of the Caspian Sea is about 1205 kilometers and its average width is 554 kilometers. The difference of water level at the Caspian Sea compared with open seas has been registered at -26.2 meters at Nowshahr port.
The most important utilization of the Caspian Sea are shipping, business, oil, passenger and fishing exchanges. The shores of this sea are mainly sandy and plain low. The presence of the Caspian Sea has a determining role in the weather and climate of the northern beaches of Iran and all the unique beauties of Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan provinces depend upon the availability of environmental conditions of this Sea. The length of Iran's coast beside this sea extends from Hosseingholi Bay to the central city of Astra and includes Guilan and Mazandaran and a part of Golestan provinces.
The most important active ports of the Caspian Sea are "Anzali" and "Nowshahr" at Iranian coasts, "Bako" at Azarbaijan coasts, "Makhach Ghaleh" and "Astrakhan" at Russia coasts, "Aktao" at Kirghizia coasts and "Turkmenbashi" or "Krasnavodosh" at Turkmenistan coasts. Following the independence of republics beside the Caspian Sea, the political and economic situation of the Caspian Sea changed and Iran, as the shortest connecting route of these countries to open seas and located at the route of Corridor 9, found a significant importance. Compare with the route of the Persian Gulf, transportation of goods through ports of the Caspian Sea to Europe is more suitable and economical due to favorable climate, cheap transportation fare and shortness of the route.
The building of Nowshahr port started in 1309 (1930-31) by Burworks Company of the Netherlands and Agerman Company of Belgium and was established in 1318(1939-40). The parts and machinery of Karaj Steel plant was the first consignment which was loaded on a commercial ship with a capacity of 1000 tons from Russia and unloaded at Nowshahr port in 1318 (1939-40).
At least 500 ships travel at this port each year. Having geographical specifications of 51 degree and 36 minutes eastern longitude and 39 degree and 30 minutes northern latitude, Nowshahr port is one of the commercial ports of Mazandaran province which has been changed into on of the major economic center for exchanging goods from the Islamic Republic of IRAN to the countries beside the Caspian Sea.
Among significant importance of this port is that, it is the closest port to the center of the country (Tehran) compered with other ports, which is connected to the center of the country and other points, particulary Guilan province in west and Golestan province in east via asphalt and air lines. The minimum and maximum temperature during the year are 7 to 63 degree centigrade, respectively and the amount of is moisture is between 75 to 85 percent. The distance between Nowshahr to Tehran is 200 kilometers, which is decreased to 120 kilometers by constructing Tehran-North freeway.
Major imported goods include: chemicals, minerals, ironworks, constructional materials, spare parts, oil materials, nonferrous metals, metallic products, paper and cardboard, wood and board, filled container, empty container, rubber and plastic, cloth and fibres, obsolete goods, etc. Major exported goods include: Fresh fruits and vegetables, dried frruits, veterinary and plant products, minerals, nonferrous metals, grocery goods,filled container, empty container, etc
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