Ports in Pakistan

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Ports, harbours and shipyards of Pakistan
– Pakistan shares a 1,200 kilometres long coast line with
the Arabian Sea - a mid sea which joins the the
strategic oil line of Persian Gulf with the Indian Ocean.
However, owing to the growing needs of the country,
there was a need to develop other smaller coastal
ports into major cargo handling ports. Beside Karachi,
Pasni, Jiwani, Gadani, Ormara and Gwadar are other
ports which are being developed into world class ship
handling centres. Of these Gwadar is the latest
development.
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Ports, harbours and shipyards of Pakistan
– Pakistan has 3 operational seaports, Karachi Port
Port Muhammad Bin Qasim and Gawadar port
– Stilldeep-water seaport is under construction at
Gawadar.
– Three large fish harbours which are located at
Karachi, Korangi and Gawadar.
– Other smaller fishing harbours are Pasni, Ormara,
and
Jeewani.
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Ports, harbours and shipyards of Pakistan
• Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works and a few
private companies undertake small building
limited ship in
Pakistan. Role of private companies is very limited.
• Pakistan Navy Dockyard builds repair and maintain ships
exclusively for Pakistan Navy which is comparatively
a
smaller that can build warships of up to 5000 Dead Weighted
Tonnage (DWT).

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 Karachi Port
• Karachi Port is the hub of Pakistan's entire economic
activities as 60 per cent of the entire nation cargo is
conducted through this port. The existing Port started
taking shape in 1854. Tidal range is 12.7 ft.
• The port has 30 dry cargo berths including two container
terminals and three liquid cargo-handling berths. It is a deep
natural port with 11 km long approach channel to provide
safe navigation to tankers up to 75,000 DWT tankers.

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 Karachi Port
• Cargo Handling: In 1947, handling capacity was about 1.5
and 1.0 million tons of dry and liquid cargo respectively
per annum. Now over 12 and 14 million tons of dry and
liquid cargo are being handled against 30 million
tons
capacity that caters for over 75% of country’s
requirements. Repair Facilities: Repairs can be carried
out at the anchorage, except in the monsoon season.
• Karachi Port Trust (KPT). Board of Trustees,
comprising
Chairman and 10 Trustees, administers the Karachi Port.
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 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OF KPT

 Keeping in view the port facilities ,

change in Maritime Transport future
requirements of trade & commerce,
Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has formulated/
launched a number of projects which are
in different stages of planning, tendering
& execution.

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 The implementation of these
projects will increase the liquid
cargo handling capacity by 8 million
tons per annum, provide deeper
depths to accommodate deep draft
vessels , enhance dredging capacity
to improve & ensure harbour depth &
expeditious handling of containers.

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 LIST OF KPT DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
 REFURBISHMENT OF OIL PIER-2 (RS.
1,319 MILLION)
 PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL
CONTAINER TERMINAL (PICT) (US$75
MILLION)
 KARACHI INTERNALTIONAL
CONTAINER TERMINAL (KICT)

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 Port Muhammad Bin Qasim (PQA)
• Construction work on Port Qasim started in 1976. The
port is located 50 kms from city of Karachi. It is designed
to provide integrated port facilities to adjacent industrial
and commercial establishment and is administered by
Port Qasim Authority (PQA).
• Port Qasim is Pakistan's second busiest port, handling
about 35% of the nation's cargo (17 million tons per
annum).
• It is located in an old channel of the Indus River at a
distance of 35 kilometres east of Karachi city centre. The
total area of the port comprises 1,000 acres. 19
 Port Qasim Authority (PQA)
• Port Features Ships up to 50,000 DWT can be berthed.
However, further deepening and widening of the
navigational channel is planned to facilitate transit of
75,000 DWT vessels.

All commodities ranging from minerals oils, edible oil, coal, rice,
wheat, cement to fertlizers, general cargo, containers and LNG are
being handled in the port at state-of-the-art terminals. It is the
energy hub and only LNG Port of Pakistan. 

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 PORT FACILITIES OFFERED BY
PORT QASIM
 45 km long navigational channel which
can accommodate vessels up to 75,000
dwt class subject to adherence of the
promulgated permissible draught/
dimensions.
 A dedicated Iron Ore & Coal Berth for
exclusive use of Pakistan Steel for
handling raw material imports to cater
for 75,000 dwt class vessels subject to
adherence of permissible dimensions.

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 A specialized Oil Terminal offering
state-of-the-art port facilities to
tankers up to 75,000 dwt subject to
permissible dimensions.
 Four Multi-purpose berths in a linear
length 800 meters extending port
facilities up to 45,000 dwt class
vessels , subject to permissible
dimensions, equipped with two covered
transit sheds each having an area of
10000 sq. meters.
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 Full range of floating craft and cargo
handling equipment.
 Two Term Storage Areas with storage
capacity of 118,000 sq. meters.
 Access road to National Highway,
onward link with Superhighway and
connection by a 14 kms Railway Line
and dedicated railway station.

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 ADVANTAGES FOR INVESTMENT
 Full range of port facilities to handle
all types of general, bagged break-
bulk, bulk, liquid cargo and
containerized cargo with back up
infrastructure facilities.
 First rate multi-modal connections with
inland transportation network.
 Transshipment and transit facilities for
trade with neighboring country
Afghanistan & land-locked Central A
sian States.
 Port Qasim is truly "Gateway to
National Prosperity".
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 Gawadar Deep Sea Port
• Gawadar is situated at about 290 nautical miles via sea
west of Karachi on Mekran Coast. As a full-fledged
deep-water port it will become a regional hub, an
alternate to the Gulf ports and also a vital link to China
& central Asian region while serving as trans-
shipment/transit port.

The port is connected with the airport road by a 5-km

long road. Once complete, will eventually handle dry
cargo vessels of 100,000 DWT and oil tankers of 22

200,000 DWT.
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 The Gwadar Port Project has been
envisaged to be completed in two
phases. Marine works of Phase-I
have been completed, however,
civil works are completed by
September 2005, and Phase-II has
been planned to be given to the
private sector on BOO/BOT basis.

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 SCOPE OF WORK FOR PHASE-I OF
GWADAR PORT PROJECT
 3 Multipurpose Berths of Total length
of 602 m.
 One 100 m Service Berth.
 4.7 KM long Approach Channel Dredged
to 11.5 m-12.5 m.
 Turning Basin 450 m dia.
 Related port infrastructure and port
handling equipment.
 Additional Dredging up to 14.5-14.7
m.
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 SCOPE OF WORK FOR PHASE-II

 4 Container Berths.
 1 Bulk Cargo Terminal (to
handle100,000 dwt ships).
 1 Grain Terminal.
 1 Ro-Ro Terminal.
 2 Oil Terminals to handle 200,000
dwt Ships.

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TRADE FORECAST FOR GWADAR
PORT
Description Year
2010 2015
(In million tons)
Dry Cargo 4.74 5.77
Liquid Cargo 17.54 18.77
Container 241 295
(1000 TUEs)
Transshipment 250,000 300,000
(TEUs)

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 PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING
CORPORATION (PNSC)
 Organization
 PNSC is an autonomous body under the Ministry of
Ports & Shipping, administered by a Board of seven
Directors including the Chairman; of these, two
Directors are elected by the Private Share Holders.
 Shareholding
 The Share Holding of the Corporation is as under:-
 b) Paid-up Capital. :Rs. 1, 201 Million.
 c) Government Share. : Rs. 89.13%
 d) Private Sector Share. : Rs. 7.30%

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 FUNCTIONS OF PNSC
 The Corporation is undertaking three
main functions. These are:
I. Fleet Operations
II. Real Estate
III. Workshops

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 OBJECTIVES OF PNSC
 Carriage of National Trade by sea.
 Freight Stability.
 Foreign Exchange Savings.
 Strategic Considerations.

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 PORTS AND SHIPPING:
FUTURE GOALS
 Implementing landlord concept in all ports of
Pakistan.
 Finalization of Protocol with India on resumption
of shipping service.
 Corporatization of Karachi Port Trust (KPT).
 Modernization of Karachi Port facilities through
BOT and privatization.

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 Corporatization of Port Qasim Authority (PQA).
 Development of Real Estate Plan of PQA.
 Completion of Phase-I of the Gwadar Port
Project.
 Implementation of landlord policy at Gwadar
Port.
 Enhancement of profitability of Pakistan National
Shipping Corporation and its Cargo Share.

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 Ormara
• Ormara is a small port located
on the Makran coastline along
the Arabian Sea in Balochistan
province of Pakistan. It is
• located 450 kilometres west of
Karachi, and east of coastal
village Pasni.
Ormara has witnessed considerable growth in recent
years especially with the foundation of the Makran
coastal highway, which integrated the area more
with the mainstream Pakistani economy and major
urban centres allowing for easier transport of goods,
commerce and people.
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 Pasni
• Pasni is a medium-sized town and a fishing port in
along the Makran coastline Balochistan, Pakistan. It is
located about 300 km from Karachi.

• Jiwani - a small fishing harbour, holds strategic

importance in the region, located immediately
adjacent to the shipping lanes to and from the Persian
Gulf.
Jiwani is located at the eastern end of Gwadar
Bay, which is shared between Iran and Pakistan.
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 Fishing Harbours and Ports
• Pakistan’s fleet of marine fishing vessels consists of 3080 mechanized
boats, which comprise of about 1,900 trawlers and 1,200 gill-netters.
In addition there are about 6,500 mechanized cum sail driven boats.
Annual increase in vessels during last three years is 5-6 %. Over 80
% of the fishing boats bring their catch at Karachi Fish Harbour and
the rest at Korangi, Gawadar and Pasni Fish Harbours.
• Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW)It was established
1957
in and employs a staff of over 3,500. Principal activities of KSEW
are shipbuilding, ship repair, submarine & warship construction and
general engineering. KSEW is equipped to build passenger vessels,
cargo vessels, oil carriers, bulk carriers, tugs, dredgers, hopper
barges, ferries, fishing trawlers, launches, buoy lifting vessels, and
other special purpose crafts of up to 26,000 DWT.
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