1) Karachi
Port Trust:
Karachi Port Trust (KPT) is situated in the city of Karachi
and has two different wharves East & West wharf and it has
3 oil pier berths 21 General Cargo berths and 2 Container Terminals
on both wharves. Hence it is located in the area named KEAMARI,
it is also called as Keamari Port.
Following are the container Terminals at KPT:
PICT – Pakistan International Container Terminal at
East Wharf
KICT - Karachi International Container Terminal at West Wharf
2) Port Qasim:
Port Qasim is situated around 35 Kilometers far away from
the city and it has 8 berths, 3 oil pier berths for Oil Tanker
and one container terminal namely:
QICT – Qasim International Container Terminal
3) Gawadar Port
Gwadar Port is the third port of Pakistan - Karachi and Port
Qasim being the other two. Gwadar borders on Arabian Sea and
lies in the Balochistan Province. It is about 533 km from
Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border. Gwadar Port is
located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and outside the Straits
of Hormuz. It is near the key shipping routes used by the
mainline vessels in the region with connections to Africa,
Asia and Europe and enjoys high commercial and strategic significance.
Various professional studies manifest that Gwadar Port location
is the most advantageous one as an alternative port, which
could handle mother ships and large oil tankers in due course.
It will act as catalyst for large number of related projects
like:-
- Trans-shipment of bulk cargo
- Oil storage, refinery and petrochemicals
- Export processing and industrial zones
- Export of minerals/livestock
- Services (hotels, accommodation, tourism)
Current port infrastructure:
- 3 multipurpose berths, each 200 meters long.
- 1 service berth, 100 meter
- 4.5 km long approach channel dredged to 13.5m - 14.5m
- Turning basin 500 m dia
- Terminal infrastructure, cargo handling equipment, pilot
boats, tugs, survey vessels etc.
- Port can handle 50,000 DWT vessels.
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