Abstract of the initial design

Sea transportation is one of the most appropriate methods of international transportation due to its advantages, including the low cost of transporting goods on a large scale. If now more than 90% of international trade is done through sea transportation. In addition to sea transportation, providing services such as ship repair and maintenance and other welfare services and facilities for them, and of course marine tourism services through docks located in ports, is the main infrastructure of sea transportation.

Anzali Free Zone as the only free zone south of the Caspian Sea and the northern economic pole of Iran with an area of 8,609 hectares and 40 kilometers of coastal strip and more than 30 thousand people, neighboring and connected. With the northern ports of the Caspian Sea and the large and crowded markets of the Caucasus and Central Asian countries, access to one of the most important trade corridors between the countries of the Caspian Sea through the connection of the Caspian Sea with the ports of Baku in Azerbaijan, Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan, Aktau in Kazakhstan and Astrakhan in Russia And also using the combined capacity of rail-sea transportation and the capacity of connecting China’s Urumqi railway to Kazakhstan’s Aktau port, having a mild climate, attractive nature, beautiful beaches of the Caspian Sea, recreational centers such as marine recreation center, pier, aquarium, garden Birds, sports complex, residential complexes, tourist centers, equipped and commercial complexes have provided unique capacities for activities in this area. 20-year tax exemption on the income of natural and legal persons, exemption from value added tax, exemption from import and export regulations of the mainland, freedom of entry and exit of capital and profit from investment and an easy and easy business environment compared to the mainland. It is a very good platform for all kinds of profitable economic activities in various fields, including the present plan.

Although the share of northern ports is very small compared to other ports in the maritime transportation of our country, according to the development plans of these ports, the current capacity of these ports should reach 65 million tons in 2023. Meanwhile, the current capacity of Anzali port is 11 million tons and Caspian port is 15 million tons, which is a total of 36 million tons. In this way, the development of the Caspian port will be completed and the number of berths in this port will increase, in addition to reducing the waiting time for ships. inputs and outputs. will make the region more prosperous and profitable. Various businesses are on the agenda of Anzali Free Zone Organization. One of the important parts of this development is the increase in the number of berths in this port, which definitely increases the share of this port significantly while providing a platform for using the many capacities of the sea-oriented economy. Unloading and loading and maritime transportation, while developing various businesses and investments in the free zone, will increase the demand for maritime and combined transportation in this area.

The construction of new wharves provides the possibility of mooring 12,000 ton ships in this part of the country and transporting bulky and large goods in this port. On the other hand, it should be noted that the lack of dedicated maintenance docks in the northern coasts of the country and contrary to the need for these services by ships operating in the Caspian Sea, the increase in demand for marine tourism in this region can provide a high economic justification for the construction of these docks. be

Investigations show that the fixed investment of the current plan is about 1,060,891 million Rials, including about 2,510 million Rials of pre-operation costs, 9,852 million Rials of working capital costs, and about 135,000 million Rials of profit during the investment period. The total investment costs of this project will be about 1208253 million Rials. The construction period of the project is 1 year and the operation period of the project is 10 years. Based on this, the investment’s internal rate of return is about 27.85% and the investor’s internal rate of return is 33.86%, so the investment return period is calculated to be about 5.52 years. Based on this, the investment in the construction project of 3 cargo-passenger berths and repair and construction in the Caspian Port of Anzali Free Zone will have a high economic justification.

Location of the project:

Anzali Industrial and Commercial Free Zone

Participation period: 12 years

Payback period: 5 years

Including the financial costs in the reference year