Typical emotional response that I’ve come to expect of you. You expect two ports separated by a few hundred miles not to compete with each other? Chabahar is easier to access by existing railroad lines from China-completely bypassing a treacherous and expensive journey over the Himalayan mountain range.
According to Kazakhstan Railway, the volume of traffic along the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran corridor in 2018 was 1,000 TEU. The total length of the route China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran is about 10,000 km. The total travel time is about 14 days. Travel time by sea is 25-30 days.
why do you think China is funding the rail link from Chabahar to the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran corridor?
In the words of Don Vito Corleone - it’s just business.