Port of Chabahar

E142775

deep-water port seaport

The Port of Chabahar is Iran’s strategically important deep-water seaport on the Gulf of Oman that serves as a key trade and transit hub linking Iran, India, Afghanistan, and Central Asia while bypassing Pakistan.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Chabahar	7
Port of Chabahar canonical	1
Shahid Beheshti Port	1
Shahid Kalantari Port	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1218116 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port of Chabahar
Context triple: [Gulf of Oman, hasPort, Port of Chabahar]

A. Port Qasim
Port Qasim is Pakistan’s second-busiest deep-sea commercial port and a major industrial and shipping hub located near Karachi on the Arabian Sea.
B. Port of Muscat
The Port of Muscat is a historic harbor in Oman’s capital that has long served as a key maritime gateway for regional trade and cultural exchange along the Arabian Sea.
C. Pipavav Port
Pipavav Port is a major private deep-water port on India’s western coast, serving as an important hub for container, bulk, and liquid cargo trade.
D. Port of Aden
The Port of Aden is a major natural harbor and commercial seaport in Yemen, strategically located near the entrance to the Red Sea along key international shipping routes.
E. Mundra Port
Mundra Port is India’s largest commercial port and a major deep-draft, all-weather cargo hub located on the Arabian Sea coast in the state of Gujarat.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port of Chabahar
Target entity description: The Port of Chabahar is Iran’s strategically important deep-water seaport on the Gulf of Oman that serves as a key trade and transit hub linking Iran, India, Afghanistan, and Central Asia while bypassing Pakistan.

A. Port Qasim
Port Qasim is Pakistan’s second-busiest deep-sea commercial port and a major industrial and shipping hub located near Karachi on the Arabian Sea.
B. Port of Muscat
The Port of Muscat is a historic harbor in Oman’s capital that has long served as a key maritime gateway for regional trade and cultural exchange along the Arabian Sea.
C. Pipavav Port
Pipavav Port is a major private deep-water port on India’s western coast, serving as an important hub for container, bulk, and liquid cargo trade.
D. Port of Aden
The Port of Aden is a major natural harbor and commercial seaport in Yemen, strategically located near the entrance to the Red Sea along key international shipping routes.
E. Mundra Port
Mundra Port is India’s largest commercial port and a major deep-draft, all-weather cargo hub located on the Arabian Sea coast in the state of Gujarat.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	deep-water port ⓘ seaport ⓘ
bypasses	Pakistan ⓘ
connectedTo	Chabahar–Zahedan railway (planned) ⓘ International North–South Transport Corridor ⓘ road network to Afghanistan ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
cooperatesWith	India Ports Global Limited ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
enablesAccessTo	Afghanistan ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ
geopoliticalRole	counterbalance to Pakistan’s Gwadar Port ⓘ key node in regional connectivity projects ⓘ
hasAccessType	land transit ⓘ maritime ⓘ
hasComponent	Port of Chabahar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shahid Beheshti Port Port of Chabahar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shahid Kalantari Port
hasFeature	container terminals ⓘ deep draft berths ⓘ multipurpose terminals ⓘ
hasPartnerCountry	Afghanistan ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ
locatedIn	Port of Chabahar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chabahar Sistan and Baluchestan Province ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+03:30 ⓘ
locatedOn	Gulf of Oman ⓘ Makran coast ⓘ
nearbyCity	Port of Chabahar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chabahar
operator	Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran ⓘ
partOf	Iranian port infrastructure ⓘ
purpose	to facilitate trade with Central Asia ⓘ to provide India sea–land access to Afghanistan ⓘ
region	Sistan and Baluchestan Province ⓘ
seaRouteTo	Arabian Sea ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ
strategicFor	Afghanistan ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ
strategicObjective	to enhance Iran’s role as a regional transit hub ⓘ to reduce dependence on Pakistani ports for India–Afghanistan trade ⓘ
subjectOf	India–Iran Chabahar Agreement ⓘ
usedFor	bulk cargo ⓘ container shipping ⓘ regional connectivity ⓘ transit trade ⓘ
waterway	Gulf of Oman ⓘ

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